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 Tied in questions , they , they usually ask , you know I went on to you on , on about tied ins , right , did n't you , has n't it , would n't you , right , would n't you prefer , would n't you rather , right , if you could would n't you .
5 What you on about disgusting .
6 He went on about various things but I only half heard him .
7 Chainsaw guitars , bonecrusher drums , some bloke yammering on about serial killers … a sound that could only come from one place .
8 She was on about general conversation , you should have it on the whole time .
9 Horses wo n't be airsick all over your lap ; they do n't drone on about overbooked hotels , or insist on playing Scrabble to pass the time .
10 So when she was going on about Nigerian boys , I said , " So what , if I went out with this guy , you 'd be lucky if he stayed with me . "
11 It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows .
12 There is one other point I 'd just like because yo you 've been on about Labour controlled Councils .
13 This is n't a political or geographical question , and I 'm not going to ramble on about environmental issues .
14 She was allowed to talk about herself if he was allowed to rave on about black men .
15 He 's going on about damn baths at the moment .
16 No she does to you though cos she 's always going on about other people talking about other people .
17 ‘ Willy rambled on about Norman archways and perpendicular naves , as if glad to have some arcane topic to take his mind off the inquest .
18 What is it going on about liquid gold and gold ?
19 but erm he was on about certain aspects that he picked up from her , but having been in gypsy caravans round here , as when they were on Line Brook you see we were always at Line Brook for one reason or another
20 I gave him a lecture about how the car was too heavy , going on about power-to-weight ratios .
21 Reading of the treatment by Durham County Council of the old people 's homes that are being closed , I say it is an absolute disgrace and this by the people who keep on about caring councils .
22 Bush droned on about good and evil , right and wrong , Hitler , Munich , appeasement , using all the same phrases that most of us thought we had heard for the last time , after the revolutions of 1989 .
23 I found it incredibly erotic , and the more Dennis maundered on about boiled sweets on the nose , the more erotic it became .
24 ‘ You 're always on about happy and enjoy .
25 , I do n't think you 've got anything to worry about , have you seen that advert for Babycham no erm the advert with Babycham , erm , er running on about true romantics and he goes through all the differences his and this woman marrying this guy and she must be and she must be fifty five , and he 's about twenty three , twenty four and Rob turns round the other day and said , she 's got
26 So er I hope what this er series of interviews will er serve to prove , is both the quality of thinking that 's going on about public services , and our very strong commitment to the customers and citizens we serve .
27 Lucky to have parents who did n't throw up their hands in horror and carry on about unmarried mothers , being too young to know our own minds , etc .
28 I mean , what would you do if you were a lawyer and a boy came in and started yapping on about missing Wills like in some kid 's story ?
29 But I was in a foul temper , and Rebecca had n't made it any easier by going on about missing papers , and how urgent it was that we had them back . ’
30 Erm and erm I do n't think that on the to go on about affordable housing as I did this morning , I do n't think that in fact the affordable housing targets which the different authorities have and although I 've only quoted four authorities I think , I think the other ones will be very much the same .
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