Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er the other complaints were just more or less er maybe arguments er workers getting into trouble over their arguing about frivolous things you know . |
| 2 | somebody talking about mathematical skills . |
| 3 | Er , sorry to interrupt you are you speaking about this house ? |
| 4 | That 's where if , say the journalist say , ‘ Well , what are you doing about this problem ? ’ |
| 5 | " Are you talking about young Gedge ? " |
| 6 | nine stone seven , I said what you talking about nine stone seven , I 'm eleven and a half stone , not now you 're not she said |
| 7 | The checkout 's a lovely example this morning you talking about those pallets that were going to Euro , something , |
| 8 | Are you talking about this lot or |
| 9 | Erm I mean Martin , Martin 's very good and he 'll , you know , stop me there and , and , and go back over it and but it , it , the the was already there so it 's already got you thinking about other things and , you know , things that were completely irrelevant and it confused me at times . |
| 10 | no he was right that 's what I say you thinking about that thing , this is n't just doing it as it said , you ponder |
| 11 | ‘ If I remember right he said , ‘ There 's something unnerving about such energy so unaware of itself . ’ |
| 12 | What are we doing about these trays then ? |
| 13 | Are we talking about more facilities , or more controls on the |
| 14 | When asked , ‘ Are nation and state the same , or are we talking about different things ? ’ 43% of West Germans — 81% among the most educated — gave the obvious answer that they were not the same , since two German states coexisted . |
| 15 | The Davis/Baker/Tear recording , made for Philips in 1977 , is so deservedly well-known and admired that anybody thinking about changing allegiances or buying another version in preference must be urged to think twice . |
| 16 | What are they doing about this tax rebate then ? |
| 17 | they arguing about this time ? |
| 18 | After all , I 'd only just stopped doing my paper-round and I heard them talking about headlong stuff I never knew about before : abortions , heroin , Sylvia Plath , prostitution . |
| 19 | Everyone talking about war-jolly topic for a night out . |
| 20 | A few years ago you would not have caught me talking about underground publishing ; I have too many bad memories from the Seventies . |
| 21 | Or is he speaking about that nation of complacent and indifferent shopkeepers who long for nothing other than a return to the days of imperial hegemony ? |
| 22 | You 're not , and you 're not gon na be blinded by all these like he was , what was he saying about all endowments are are not unit then you were saying yes they are and |
| 23 | Perhaps I have just become too comfortable with the cheering notion that women are far too busy getting on with their careers and their lives to crucify themselves worrying about ragged cuticles or the size of their ankles . |
| 24 | LEO You are bound to find yourself thinking about all sorts of future possibilities now ! |