Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I am wondering about the other lists that he annexed to his letter , of suggested colleagues , procedures and methods . |
| 2 | I am talking about the first attempt to amend regulation 72 to exclude supplementary benefit and national assistance from the scope of that regulation . |
| 3 | I am talking about the famous House of Ormstein , Kings of Bohemia . ’ |
| 4 | I am talking about the occasional and varied insertion of a comment clause as a means of making a monologue flow smoothly , or identifying a change-point for the dialogue — you know ? — or as a means of establishing rapport , you see , or a gentler conversational style . |
| 5 | I am talking about the real world — about what is happening out there . |
| 6 | We hear about good success stories in manufacturing , but I am talking about the broad base . |
| 7 | Mr. Wilson : I am grateful for your guidance , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but I assure you that I am talking about the disabled only in terms of the general need for consumer protection , which is encompassed in new clause S. |
| 8 | In particular , I 'm thinking about the fine filming which accompanies the song There 's A Coach Comin' In , as the carriage packed full of prostitutes speeds towards town . |
| 9 | I 'm talking about the other couple . |
| 10 | well you had the advantage of inside information , I 'm talking about the ordinary punter , if you forgive the expression , the ordinary customer you realize do n't you that there 's no clue in that sentence that management charges is limited to a small element of the six pounds thirty five |
| 11 | When I say ‘ armed ’ , I 'm talking about the usual street weapons : knives , machetes , razors , chains , bottles and sticks — not guns . |
| 12 | I 'm talking about the whole grey area , where Social Services Departments define parents as inadequate or not good enough or just generally at risk . |
| 13 | I 'm talking about the loose ends . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm talking about the 700 series … ’ |
| 15 | I 'm talking about the true dragon , draconis nobilis , you understand ; the swamp dragon , draconis vulgaris , is a base creature and not worth our consideration . |
| 16 | I was thinking about the relative merits of a bottle or two of Ruddles from the fridge or a glass or two of Sancerre or even , in the circumstances , something stronger , when there was a knock on my door . |
| 17 | I was silent too , because I was thinking about the old man . |
| 18 | Oh I was reading about the twenty three stone ! |
| 19 | Last week if you remember I was talking about the primary concern of the state , a concern er which is paramount is a concern for its security and I said if you remember that there was an approach er toward the study of international politics called realism which stressed the importance of what has been termed the power security hypothesis . |
| 20 | Yes , of course they are , but we , I was talking about the old sort of diesel multiple unit . |
| 21 | Can I come back Mr Donson , or will that , and I take it , alright , I understand the point you are making about the long term solution and size , but if the panel were to be persuaded that to be a viable solution the settlement had , in the end , and I 'm not going to define where the end is , almost certainly beyond two thousand and six , that the settlement would need to be of the order of five thousand dwellings . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're thinking about the so-called ‘ miracle cures ’ of Sister Kenny ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't therefore understand what you 're saying about the single star . |
| 24 | Well , if you 're talking about the smallest sort of business , and you 've spent maybe two thousand pounds on your actual computer , complete with a printer and the floppy discs I 've been talking about , then you might expect to spend another five hundred to a thousand pounds on a basic set of software . |
| 25 | They 're , when you 're talking about the normal household gloss , yes it is flammable but it 's not a , nowhere near as flammable as your cellulose thinners that you spray your car with and things like that , your touch up sprays , because it does n't contain the amount of petroleum adhesive er additive I should say , in the er in its mixture as does er |
| 26 | I 'd a proper I had a proper drill , oh you 're talking about the new ones ? |
| 27 | and you 're talking about the clear stuff going to all |
| 28 | You 're talking about the next . |
| 29 | ‘ You have just been telling me about the steamy heat of New York in summer — and now you 're moaning about the cold weather here in London ! ’ |
| 30 | Erm you 're just looking at a little bit that 's new and you 're forgetting about the old stuff . |