Example sentences of "and [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorothea wiped her eyes and blew her nose and looked around her , at the overcoated figures , huddled and sneezing about the table-tennis table under the Vestry lights . |
| 2 | He soons starts squawking and wiping his eye and stamping about the place but if he 's like that all the while to them so what is . |
| 3 | In August , however , she and Andrew were billing and cooing about each other in Hello ! magazine . |
| 4 | No and like they 're , like Mr was like taking the piss yeah right , everyone was clapping and cheering about something in the class , yeah , and Mr opens the Mr opens the door and goes stop that clapping , and shuts the door . |
| 5 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 6 | Whatever the explanation for that — clusters of leukaemia occur in many places far removed from nuclear sites — no scientific connection has been demonstrated and scaremongering about Dounreay is deeply damaging and much to be deplored . |
| 7 | For a long time we have been thinking and praying about a place of our own . |
| 8 | And I think that instead of sitting round and bitching about them , which you can do , it 's better to try to take more of an interest and make interesting videos , because if you 're a creative person I think you can make creative videos . ’ |
| 9 | Last time he saw her she was fine , washing windows and bitching about his dad . |
| 10 | Of that hour , about half of the time will be spent taking notes of the patient 's problem and explaining about hypnosis in general and regression in particular . |
| 11 | One could almost imagine her saying ‘ Now , girls , ’ and explaining about osmosis or whatever the process was called . |
| 12 | His father Roy , 58 , said : ‘ All the lads were joking and laughing about something — then bang . ’ |
| 13 | That last point , you were saying about , you know giggling and laughing about it , I think , that that 's a part of it , I mean sex can be fun |
| 14 | ‘ He 'll be running back to his cow of a wife now and laughing about the way he conned the owner 's wife . ’ |
| 15 | the lack of knowledge and understanding about the basis for allocation ; |
| 16 | The parents needed not only extensive marital therapy but also to realize that Suzy needed sympathy and understanding about the distress she felt when her parents argued . |
| 17 | Not only had Cora-Beth been incredibly patient and understanding about his reluctance to become engaged these past two years , but during that period of his life she had somehow made it possible for them to renew their old easy friendship . |
| 18 | Nor is it in keeping with the call in the Health of the Nation for better information and understanding about the burden of mental illness . |
| 19 | Professional attitudes and perceptions need to change , and professional knowledge and understanding about societal and cultural matters , as well as about strategies for multicultural education , need to be increased . |
| 20 | The project seeks to develop theory and understanding about the behaviour of urban land prices in low and middle-income residential districts of contemporary Third World cities . |
| 21 | RE should aim at giving pupils information and understanding about all of these , bearing in mind the age and aptitude of pupils . |
| 22 | So presumably , other creatures are simply talking and communicating about the world according to their particular mind configurations . |
| 23 | When the roof of the cooking-stores threatened to blow off , it was his father who held a mat over it , wooden shingles spurting and whirling about him , until the thing could be bound down and weighted . |
| 24 | Well who are the ones that are moaning and groaning about it ? |
| 25 | She 'd been used to hopping around and flapping about wherever she pleased , so it came as a bit of a shock to find her freedom of movement restricted by the jesses . |
| 26 | The collection of essays by Simon Reynolds in Blissed Out ( Serpent 's Tail , £8.99 ) at least advances our ways of responding to , and writing about , pop music . |
| 27 | Demonstrate in talking and writing about literature that they are developing their own views and can support them when appropriate by reference to the text , eg in making judgements of characters and their actions , or when building upon those characters and events in their own writing . |
| 28 | And writing about music . |
| 29 | The constant use of ‘ he ’ when talking and writing about managers gives women and girls the impression that it is an uphill struggle if they want a career in a leadership position . |
| 30 | Most of those who write and speak about universities are themselves specialists — in speaking and writing about universities . |