Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] about the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hear you want a black British warm for prowling about the streets at night . |
| 2 | The custom of writing about the Salons was well established , and had inspired brilliant writing by such an important figure in the eighteenth century as Diderot . |
| 3 | His barrister Barrie Stewart accused Mrs Spence of lying about the threats . |
| 4 | GARY Wolstenholme no doubt arrived at Augusta with a set of expectations borne of years of reading about the Masters , watching the final stages on television and latterly imagining what it will be like , for he is playing in the US Masters as an automatic invitee after winning the 1991 Amateur Championship . |
| 5 | The student Work Experience programme is always a positive way of learning about the skills and attitudes of young people who may wish to work in an organisation like yours . |
| 6 | Gustave had a way of talking about the women he had enjoyed . |
| 7 | As with some of the more recent reactions to our report , the simple fact of talking about the relationships between Shetlanders and incomers or , worse , writing about it , was seen as disruptive in itself . |
| 8 | I mean only to endorse a complex , two-stage way of reasoning about the responsibilities of officials and citizens that finds a natural expression in the personification of community and can not be reproduced by a reductive translation into claims about officials and citizens one by one . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , both approaches offer ways of thinking about the values guiding organization participants ' behaviour . |
| 10 | an increase in data collections of all kinds and in the use of authentic language materials for teaching about the uses of language ; |
| 11 | The monotony is relieved somewhat if you have the opportunity to talk to a fellow traveller who feels the same about long train journeys , then you have something in common besides moaning about the rigours of train travel . |
| 12 | I can speak with feeling about the frustrations I experienced trying to obtain a suitable movement here . |
| 13 | There is increasing conflict between the church and state funding and we need to free ourselves from wingeing about the cuts . |
| 14 | In speaking about the angels ' clothing , Herzberg continues : |
| 15 | In his classic manual , Working Lads ' Clubs , Russell argued that the principal aim of clubs was ‘ to provide youths of the poorer classes with an opportunity of becoming happier , healthier , and better citizens than they are likely to become if they spend their leisure in loafing about the streets ’ . |
| 16 | now lectures on how the NMS has coped with various structural problems over the years and he says people are always interested in hearing about the changes taking place in the NMS buildings . |
| 17 | They were interested in learning about the opportunities for French involvement in rebuilding the East German economy , but asked how Mr Mitterrand felt about Germans , as a former prisoner of war . |
| 18 | Politics , as an organized activity , is definitely out of favour and we can all gain from learning about the traditions of humour , resilience and survival of our own communities . |
| 19 | But Andebraham Giorgis , who heads up the educational division of the EPLF , is as interested in talking about the achievements and challenges of education as about the difficulties resulting from the war . |
| 20 | Before talking about the types of window you can choose , let's look briefly at the question of double glazing . |
| 21 | For example in thinking about the consequences of a change taxes an economist would point to the relationship between price and quantity sold . |
| 22 | In thinking about the terms " active " and " contemplative " in medieval devotional writing , however , it is important not to confuse their use to designate outward life-styles with their designation of modes of being which enable argument about the purposes of man 's existence . |
| 23 | and erm in erm , speaking about it however and in mentioning about the scriptures which referring about them |
| 24 | The opening quotation for this chapter should be placed over every school library catalogue for the message is the need for librarians to provide learners with a means for learning about the interrelationships of subjects in an increasingly multi-disciplinary school environment . |
| 25 | On reflecting about the activities of the last year I looked up enterprise in ’ Roget 's Thesaurus ’ . |
| 26 | From this I derive a great sense of security , and I can stand on my own without worrying about the critics or the art establishment . |
| 27 | I think people go out to make a fast buck without worrying about the consequences . |
| 28 | The Wally book he mentioned spotlights young people who have one-night stands without worrying about the consequences . |
| 29 | R.S. designed its relocation package to take the financial considerations out of moving so that the staff could make their work/career decisions without worrying about the costs of relocation . |
| 30 | Since school texts so frequently seem to depend upon the received knowledge of at least one intellectual generation before them , children will be condemned for some time to reading about the exploits of men . |