Example sentences of "[noun prp] have be [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | As detectives continue their hunt for the man , a woman who counsels rape victims in Hereford has been talking about the crime : |
| 2 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 3 | interest tax relief , it 's M I D A S right , so let's not start talking about the benefit of public sector housing and to show the financial illiteracy of of of what 's actually been proposed if you understand the government regulation about the ring fencing o of of of the housing revenue account and and the way in which housing benefit is now having to be subsidised by those other council house tenants then what 's actually going to happen when your poor people inhabit those houses , those public sector houses and they need the housing benefit that David 's been talking about . |
| 4 | She wished that she could ask David what Anthony had been talking about , but she obviously could not . |
| 5 | Scathach had been telling about his first journey through the wood . |
| 6 | Balmer had been thinking about the spectral lines from hydrogen . |
| 7 | He thought about what Suragai had been saying about the origins of mankind . |
| 8 | Catherine Everett has been hearing about it . |
| 9 | For weeks Downing Street has been talking about bringing Mr Major and Mr Clinton together when the premier travels to the States to take part in US-EC summit . |
| 10 | FOR two years NATO has been fretting about its new place in the world , if any , after the fading of the Soviet danger , if fade it does . |
| 11 | Hitachi has been talking about a ‘ Unix mainframe ’ using the RISC for a couple of years now , but is using a Sparc front-end for OSF/1 Unix on its existing mainframes ( CI No 2,144 ) . |
| 12 | Well I 'd like to go back to the sorts of things that Barbara Bryant has been talking about . |
| 13 | He said , ‘ Do have a look at the price of some of the things in here , there 's even a knitting machine ’ and there for all to see was an Erka Twinbed Knitting Machine with carrying case and stand for 45 guineas , the very thing Grace Worrell had been asking about in the letter I had been reading only a few seconds before . |
| 14 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 15 | With hips at 44.5 inches and thighs at 25 inches , it was no wonder Rudolph had been complaining about excess baggage . |
| 16 | Neither Quasp nor Blast exist , although we 've heard that enough worried Mancs have been asking about their location , wondering why they had n't yet heard about them . |
| 17 | Right Said Fred have been learning about the strange life of a pop group . |
| 18 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 19 | JANE MACQUITTY has been writing about wine since 1975 and is wine correspondent for The Times . |
| 20 | The RAF crews who are flying aid into Bosnia have been talking about the dangers they face . |
| 21 | We 're just hearing what Stan 's been saying about the way the Tourist Boards are erm classifying hotels and trying to assist us , the consumer , I mean how do you view it ? |
| 22 | Darlington has been boasting about its forthcoming attraction at the Cornmill . |
| 23 | THE Duchess of York has been talking about her new job roving UN ambassador to express the plight of refugees . |
| 24 | Guy had been laughing about her , with his business partner ? |
| 25 | So with eight of the world 's top golfers within five shots of each other and eight different nationalities represented , the stage was set for the grandstand finish which Hammond Wilde had been dreaming about for the best part of a year . |
| 26 | FOR 20 years , America has been arguing about the ’ window of vulnerability ’ of its land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBMs ) . |
| 27 | The Princess of Wales has been speaking about the problems faced by people caring for loved ones who have suffered brain damage . |
| 28 | He was not sure that Jehan had been talking about the arrows , and remembering that Jehan was Burun 's grandson he wondered how much he knew , or had been told , about the plan to obtain Sidacai 's freedom . |
| 29 | Sachin Tendulkar came in to a reception whose volume and pitch tended to confirm what Bishen Bedi had been saying about his sex appeal , and there was the arresting sight of a 41-year-old bowler taking on two batsmen whose combined age was 42 . |
| 30 | You know what that ugly Jock 's been saying about Crilly ? ’ |