Example sentences of "about [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't deliver these resources overnight but I can say that when we talk about building the Best Banking and Financial Services Group , we do n't simply mean the best for our shareholders . |
| 2 | That one about building the house ? |
| 3 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
| 4 | This will assist in beginning to think about shaping the market in 1994/95 and beyond . |
| 5 | The owners signalled how serious they were about halting the pay spiral last year when they first detached labour negotiations from the baseball commissioner , Fay Vincent , and then detached Mr Vincent from his job . |
| 6 | In this first of two chapters about mastering the pronunciation we will deal with the suprasegmental features ( affecting more than one sound or segment ( or intonation , tone , rhythm , stress and syllable patterns . |
| 7 | I no longer cared about seeing the film , though it was to be the last with my great hero Sean Connery . |
| 8 | He had been there so long , had been so doubtful — and , until recently , so indifferent — about seeing the outside again that the mention of discharge took him by surprise . |
| 9 | Apart from my own pride , what on earth would the public think about seeing the European champion and double sprint winner at the European Cup running in the reserve relay team ? |
| 10 | Benny 's mother seemed excited about seeing the new outfit herself . |
| 11 | He had certainly lied about seeing the cottage light . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm really excited about seeing the house , ’ Elaine said in her fast , bubbly voice , periwinkle-blue eyes sparkling in anticipation . |
| 13 | In any case , she was filled with anxiety about seeing the count . |
| 14 | Er but anyway er an and the address , full address was you see so a about a week I , I , I wrote , you know , to her and told her a bit about myself and er , you know , about , about seeing the programme etcetera and erm I got a letter did I get a letter back ? |
| 15 | And I 've really just put it up erm because erm this is a complicated story but , one does want to be careful I think about seeing the sides as too neat . |
| 16 | As we dismounted and the grooms hurried about gathering the reins of our horses , Benjamin continued his low-voiced description of the fallen order . |
| 17 | But she had qualms about encountering the royal family , wondering if they would see her , not as Anne Mowbray , but as a stranger . |
| 18 | Of course , I would be very guarded about allowing the Wizard from Oz 's sound to be the sole influence in choosing an instrument , because it ca n't be said often enough that a player 's style is almost as individual as his DNA . |
| 19 | At the County Ground … the referee had to think long and hard about allowing the game to go on … the pitch was wet and heavy … |
| 20 | ( Tips were given in Part Two about repairing the board under these circumstances ) . |
| 21 | The English still play golf for exercise , while Scottish amateurs , whose inner conceit about inventing the game holds them back , mostly suffer from little inclination to practise . |
| 22 | So if you 're not too much of a purist about completing the circuit you 'd most probably be best off finishing in Windermere — I 've outlined how to adapt the main route to do this — or in Troutbeck village where the low level route finishes . |
| 23 | In both cases , the companies were worried less about producing the goods than selling them . |
| 24 | It 's all about enjoying the sea . ’ |
| 25 | It 's all about enjoying the sea ’ |
| 26 | The world 's Jeanne Dixons have , for example , to explain away the numerous warnings about contacting the dead ( Leviticus 19:31 : 20:6,7 & 27 , ; Deuteronomy 18:10,11 ; 1 Samuel 28:7,8 ; 2 Kings 23:24 and others ) . |
| 27 | Besides this , we asked about contacting the police for help . |
| 28 | There is no worry about eating the right foods or exceeding the calorie target . |
| 29 | Cos our mother said there 's a documentary about eating the were n't there ? |
| 30 | As he knew there would be no uncertainty about accepting the admission fees from the audience , he told them he would not accept and instead negotiated a nominal fee which at least kept the dancers in work . |