Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although recognizing the dangers of verbalizing about art , Greger is adamant that ‘ … without analysis , without thinking or talking about the many interrelated meanings of an art form , the process of coming-to-know , or of ‘ growing up ’ to a work is probably not possible' ( ibid ) . |
| 2 | Manucci 's account of Mughal India is as full of gossip as Bernier 's , but the precarious manner in which he chose to live his life meant that his book has rather more action in it : rather than fussing about the relative merits of Parisian and Mughal architecture , he fights as an artilleryman in the Mughal civil war , has his caravan ambushed by bandits , battles with a pressgang and is finally besieged in a fort on an island in the Indus . |
| 3 | Dorothea wiped her eyes and blew her nose and looked around her , at the overcoated figures , huddled and sneezing about the table-tennis table under the Vestry lights . |
| 4 | She 's probably enticed a man with a beard and a lot of snotty children away from his wife , and she 'll be shacked up with them in a mobile home on the outskirts of Llangollen , cooking beans and magic mushrooms and playing the flute and moaning about the artificial restrictions of society . ’ |
| 5 | Mona and Sheila were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . |
| 6 | Mona and Shiela were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . ’ |
| 7 | Atomic particles in the cosmic rays show up as dark tracks , and then the hard work comes in interpreting them , deciphering their code , and learning about the basic entities of matter . |
| 8 | Well we were talking about the Jordan motor racing team , and talking about the major sponsorship deal from soft drink manufacturers Seven Up . |
| 9 | Nigel was wont to say , ‘ Before knocking the iniquities of present-day science and talking about the good old days , think about dentistry , and modern pain-killing drugs and anaesthetics . ’ |
| 10 | Felix remembered the gang of them at the beginning of the World War , with Stephen stomping around reviling the call-up , deciding on conscientious objection for himself , shaking off the hand of any acquaintance who tried to help him speed over a dangerous crossing , and talking about the anti-militarist statement he would make to the court . |
| 11 | While they were drinking their tea and talking about the filthy tap water , there was a knock on the outside door . |
| 12 | There was something bookish and appealing about the old lady , but we had no time to get acquainted , for brisk Mary pointed me on my way . |
| 13 | For its part , pluralism adopts a restricted frame of reference and takes too much for granted so that it skates on the surface of political life and only deals with the politics of participation and the politics of satisfaction to the detriment of any consideration of other less " obvious " things : there is little that is deep and illuminating about the pluralist perspective and crucial concerns are ignored as irrelevant to politics : pluralism is less wrong than limited . |
| 14 | But speaking about the possible loss of a new community centre , she added : ‘ The parish council have reluctantly taken the view that the Junior School is paramount at this time but , should land values improve by the time the site is actually sold , the community centre should still be a possibility . |
| 15 | Samuel was charged with the burglaries , but questioning about the armed robbery went on . |
| 16 | It was a thought to ponder while reading about the short-nosed shrew and the harmlessness of the false chanterelle . |
| 17 | I had been paying the fees of the home a month in advance , but when explaining about the social security payments , I sent two months ' fees in advance to cover , as I thought , any delay . |
| 18 | Despite all this , and more that any fully researched biography of Karajan would reveal , it is a curious fact that writers of influence continue to play out their own strange fantasies when writing about the fictional Herbert von Karajan , a kind of latter-day Frankenstein 's monster of their own contriving . |
| 19 | When talking about the elderly in this sense we are referring to people in an advanced age group of well over eighty . |
| 20 | She also becomes quite animated when talking about the excellent local supplies of fresh fish available to her . |
| 21 | When thinking about the bereaved , this is the sort of network of family and friends it becomes even more crucial to identify and contact . |