Example sentences of "on about [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Then you ring Dial-A-Ticket ( 0532–710710 ) which is generally engaged , so you re-dial at frequent intervals till you get through to a recorded ticket office girl blotering on about similar information . |
2 | ‘ And Maggie 's always on about Victorian values , ’ I persisted , ‘ the sanctity of the family group — ‘ |
3 | I should have something to say later on about future care by Mr . |
4 | Life has arisen on about one planet per galaxy ( in our galaxy , Earth is the lucky planet ) . |
5 | It could be that er he wishes to distract attention between the interesting arguments going on about one man one vote which I 'm pleased to hear that Mr has won . |
6 | Finally Carrie said guiltily , ‘ Here we are , Julie , going on about all our worries and you never say a word about yours . ’ |
7 | You 're not still going on about all that star sign nonsense , are you ? |
8 | On about all blacks . |
9 | she goes on about all this but they do n't say how much it 's gon na cost , never mind the storage heaters |
10 | She keeps on about all the time , every time I 'm there . |
11 | He 's always going on about that ! ’ |
12 | But Mum goes on about that wretched place as though he was chief jailer at Broadmoor . |
13 | ‘ Oh , why must you harp on about that ! |
14 | He was well on his way to the station when he paused and looked up towards a building , and he saw in his mind 's eye Carrie running up the steps , and he recalled her voice saying , ‘ Oh ! why must you keep on about that . ’ |
15 | ‘ Oh , you 're on about that again ? |
16 | ‘ Do n't start on about that again . |
17 | That 's what he said , and he kept on saying he had only four thousand five hundred pounds or something , that 's all the money he had , he was on about that all the time . |
18 | ‘ Are you still on about that ? |
19 | I 'm not on about that , I 'm not on about that . |
20 | I 'm not on about that , I 'm not on about that . |
21 | It looks like you know what you 're talking about , does n't mean you do but i I mean if you use th if you if you start going on about that thing that there is er when some what on earth ? |
22 | When you were on about that love , what pa was saying about , you know , like every night , that our kids , when , they had their pyjamas on , and they 're like , to get hold , I 'm lying watching television , I 'm usually falling asleep , but I put the kids , you know . |
23 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
24 | You 're always on about that ! |
25 | It 's on about that ? |
26 | Some of it was on about that man there , face got her to stay the night then he was gon na watch it on telly in the er lounge . |
27 | No , oh Alison my mate was on about that . |
28 | No I 'm not on about that I 'm on about lea chucking them out at one o'clock . |
29 | Well Solo ai n't very nice but th I ai n't on about that . |
30 | Yeah he would of been cos he was , he was , he was on about that , erm the |