Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is , I ca n't do the environment , well it 's not that I ca n't do it when I was talking to er to the tuto the form tutors yesterday er they 're biggest keen I think Catherine had happened to notice some work that Sandra had done that she found er , interesting enough and where the kids should be knowing about , it was about banking how to sign a cheque , how to look after finances erm you know , do I have to buy a pair of trainers because it 's got Reebok on them , this sort of thing . |
| 2 | Wondered what woman , if any , I should be thinking about in five years ' time . ’ |
| 3 | And she asked herself why she should be thinking about those now , which seemed to bring forth other questions : Who was he ? |
| 4 | The correlation between such unlikely indicators and target markets was not discovered by accident , and marketers who want to get the most out of the results of the 1991 census , which will shortly become available , should be thinking about how they will do it now . |
| 5 | So if you intend to keep this fish you should be thinking about where you are going to put a rather large tank in the long term . |
| 6 | For several years , in the late 1960s and the early 1970s , sociologists seemed to spend as much time and effort arguing about how they should be thinking about and studying the social world as they did in actually doing research . |
| 7 | they should be thinking about it right from the word go . |
| 8 | I know I should be thinking about taking her to a mother-and-toddler group so she can meet people and make friends , but something keeps putting me off . |
| 9 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 10 | So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving . |
| 11 | ‘ What Tory back-benchers should be thinking about is the mass retribution that will come upon the Tory Party as people discover the full impact of this treaty if it is ever brought into effect . |
| 12 | Perhaps she should be reading about infidelity instead of impiety . |
| 13 | It 's right , it 's correct it is minus twelve but I could see you were really not very sure what you should be doing about that , that 's great , you 've found , you 've got that down to there , let's have a little look at the number line , zero , one , two , three and so on , minus one , minus two , minus three , minus four . |
| 14 | Should be doing about |
| 15 | suggest the kinds of questions they should be asking about their children 's education ; |
| 16 | When your people talk about the organization they should be talking about you . |
| 17 | That is something that we should be talking about . |
| 18 | In other words , like all of his Labour colleagues , he is promising paradise when he should be talking about priorities . |
| 19 | and the peace initiative would be dead , and that 's what we should be talking about not making cheap debating |
| 20 | Because if we ca n't generalize then I , perhaps I should be talking about British foreign policy or Iranian foreign policy or South African foreign policy are there generalizations we can make and say well it is similar for all governments ? |
| 21 | should be talking about . |
| 22 | Is it really news that a couple on the brink of separation should be arguing about the custody of their children ? |
| 23 | The words of the songs , even given the fact that much is lost in translation , are disappointing ; such is the passion and power of the voices that you feel they must be singing about life and death matters . |
| 24 | you know we we must be talking about July when we sh when we present , when we produce erm one of these pieces of paper . |
| 25 | Aye I think they must it must be talking about dictating as well . |
| 26 | Fen smiled — a fleeting , secretive smile that made Robbie think he must be reminiscing about incidents on that walk — probably the overnight bits . |
| 27 | Machicolations , usually regarded as a sign of nobility , had their practical value in that they permitted vertical defence against those who might have reached the dead ground near a wall , and might be setting about digging or mining under it . |
| 28 | ‘ Why , what did you think I might be thinking about ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I thought we might be talking about hundreds and hundreds dead , ’ said holiday operator Mr Watts . |
| 30 | No-one supposed we might be talking about the possible next leader of ‘ The Free World ’ . |