Example sentences of "[v-ing] about it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a proof because so if two people were contemplating the proof of the infinity of primes they would n't be going about it in different ways , erm , if they 're contemplating the proof , they 'd be contemplating exactly the same steps in the same order . |
| 2 | I suppose that 's why you do n't seem to mind Nicky and Florian knowing about it after all now . ’ |
| 3 | But we 've been talking about it for three four months . |
| 4 | If you want to find out about how he feels about being faithful , try talking about it in abstract terms — talk about the latest celebrity scandal , or friends in this situation — and see how he responds . |
| 5 | It is not that I inferred from the resemblance in shape that it was a man , until I began to doubt I was not thinking about it at all . |
| 6 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 7 | Well I think there 's a difficulty here because I think one of the questions is a matter of perspective erm how do you define how you define what sexual harassment is is to an extent a factor of your perspective on the question in that I think that tutors who have been thinking about it in recent years , and women tutors , who have taken the lead in it , have tended to think about the implications from the institutional perspective , that is how do tutors behave to their students and in what ways may that affect students ' studies and their live in the college . |
| 8 | On the other hand , for a task such as fault diagnosis he will be thinking about it in various structured ways which he can reveal by talking about it and exploring verbally why he looks at particular indications or takes particular actions . |
| 9 | of thinking about it in those terms , that way along , along |