Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] about [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm somewhat wondering about this flat . |
| 2 | She had been disappointed that he showed no love of the poetry and books which meant so much to her , only reading about industrial history and dry facts and figures . |
| 3 | So learning about healthy eating and what is a healthy balanced diet for you is very important . |
| 4 | Others , did studies of ‘ youth ’ generally , but it is evident from their writing that they were really only talking about male youth . |
| 5 | probably not , we 're only talking about one night . |
| 6 | What is different in the Banbury situation erm is that fact that you are not only talking about one school and it 's education because Banbury School draws not only it 's own eleven to sixteen year old children , who have the option to go forward to the sixth form , but of course all the children that come from the Warriner School at Bloxham , all the children that come from Drayton School , and a certain number of the children who might come from the Roman Catholic Secondary School in Banbury , so there are a whole lot more people involved than just the actual children , and that 's what made Banbury a hybrid . |
| 7 | I 'm only talking about this country . |
| 8 | ‘ The government is very cautious — they say they are only talking about domestic accounting principles — but this is a big step forward . ’ |
| 9 | big massive fat woman right , and she was just walking about this conference , you know where she 's not supposed to be , and all these shoulders stab her right ? |
| 10 | ‘ You know , sir , I was just wondering about that telephone call . |
| 11 | They spent all the time just complaining about fair competition . |
| 12 | Oh I was just saying about that turkey thing and you said we 'd never eat er |
| 13 | Just reading about this accident at the Marston Ferry lights . |
| 14 | we 're just talking about this velocity stuff , |
| 15 | Yeah , mate , I 've just got in myself change stations but er Richard 's just talking about some kid who died from meningitis but it does n't mean a lot these days does it ? |
| 16 | After much amber nectar and other alcoholic beverages had been consumed , the players from all teams made their way home , already thinking about next year 's event in Ayrshire to be organised by Reyburns . |
| 17 | She half turned to look at Curtis , raised her heavily bandaged hand and shuddered as she added , ‘ I get nightmares now , just thinking about that man and what he did to me . ’ |
| 18 | Then , feeling oddly guilty , as if just thinking about another man was betraying Paul , she pushed the romantic picture away . |
| 19 | I was just thinking about this man — |
| 20 | The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner . |
| 21 | forever learning about each other |
| 22 | I suspect he was still smarting about last year 's Which ? report which put the AA slowest at reaching stranded motorists . |
| 23 | " Because you 're still thinking about that girl who works with beggars and ne'er-do-wells at Yelton , I suppose ! |
| 24 | ‘ Are you still thinking about that nutcase at the exhibition ? ’ he queried slowly , his expression darkening . |
| 25 | Four weeks later The Smiths were bitterly complaining about Rough Trade 's handling of the record . |
| 26 | There really was something distinctly unsettling about this man , she thought . |
| 27 | And can not last : Reliable figures are had to find , but there is little doubt that Sarawak — an area about the size of England and Wales — is today probably supplying about one quarter of the total raw hardwood exports in the world . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm really learning about this stuff , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Transworld is really buzzing about this writer , who came to the UK for the hardcover and was truly magnificent . |
| 30 | you 're gon na be really talking about next week are n't you ? |