Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So writing about photographer David Bailey in ‘ the Life and Loves of David Bailey ’ , page 56 , was relatively straightforward . |
| 2 | Well , you 're basically talking about power relationships and that goes into almost every aspect of one 's life and one 's relationship , and I suppose you 're asking men to look at themselves differently too . |
| 3 | Anne found John Redmond beside her , gazing intently at her but only talking about dancing . |
| 4 | We broke windows accidentally , we were throwing erm in fact I was only talking about whip and top the other day , and erm er which was a a game we used to play . |
| 5 | I have often thought about making a will , but merely thinking about it is just the same as merely thinking about contraception — good intentions are feeble . |
| 6 | This is , without doubt , a book for professionals who are not only thinking about quality , but who want to instill a fundamental change in the way people think about and do their work . |
| 7 | It gives me great satisfaction but we are not shouting about being second for what might be a few hours . ’ |
| 8 | Japan is not going about reform with a rush of Latin drama . |
| 9 | I used to worry about nuclear power , and now I worry about pollution and dead dolphins — when I 'm not worrying about money . |
| 10 | But they would still insist that induction into a tradition is right — it should be teaching religion not just teaching about religion in a way which distances it and effectively marginalizes it . |
| 11 | Yes , this , this actually , thank you Chairman , this actually is very much an example of , of what I was just saying about consultation . |
| 12 | No she was just asking about christmas presents . |
| 13 | Not knowing about electricity , but knowing about hydraulic systems , Descartes suggested that the control of these reactions in animals was mediated by movements of fluids , initiated in the sensory nerves by stimuli , being carried to the ventricular system of the brain where contact was made with the motor nerves . |
| 14 | Sometimes , when we got back rather later than usual , my father was already preparing to send out a search party in — as I thought then , not knowing about Grandma 's lapses — his usual agitated way . |
| 15 | They 're not learning about religion where they do n't believe in blood transfusions etcetera etcetera seven or eight year old . |
| 16 | After all , you 'd get bored just hearing about football ’ . |
| 17 | And I 'm not talking about tennis here . |
| 18 | Not th not talking about travel on other carriers but within |
| 19 | But we 're not talking about legality , we 're talking about morality . ’ |
| 20 | I am not talking about hunting being given the name of culling , I am talking about situations where culling does really look to be the only way to save the vegetation . |
| 21 | But we are not talking about faith — which must necessarily be an intensely private , intensely subjective affair . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not talking about cleverness , ’ said Lili , ‘ I said sense . ’ |
| 23 | But in the kind of conversation recorded here , I am not talking about overuse . |
| 24 | I 'm not talking about pollution from deadly chemicals or refuse , but from a group of ‘ guided ’ teenagers who were shouting and screaming . |
| 25 | What we need to understand is that we are not talking about career , but about serving Christ and finding the most effective means to win the lost . |
| 26 | Not talking about material things , we 're talking about the sort of fall of nature , |
| 27 | I 'm not talking about Japanese , of course ; nobody expects you to understand that . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'm not talking about command economies . |
| 29 | Right keep notes , er we 're not talking about pigeon toes , we 're talking about club foot , which is a real problem , if we do n't treat this the baby when it grows up it 's gon na have difficulties in walking . |
| 30 | I 'm not talking about aggression , but about asserting ourselves — firmly and resolutely . |