Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] about [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been wandering about Wales , giving a spending pledge here and a spending pledge there . |
| 2 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 3 | Cos Ange said she 'd , she 'd been chatting about Jenny to her . |
| 4 | I said so , and you fobbed me off with the excuse that you 'd been talking about Lilian 's twin . |
| 5 | No and we 'd got three young girls , new , new girls and I saw those and I must have been thinking about Mandy and the car because they said something about oh when we leave we 're all going on a picnic to and I think it was Kettering or quite some time aw some |
| 6 | He could have been writing about van Gogh . |
| 7 | — Anyway , he must have been lying about Mr Bishop . |
| 8 | Had he lived , we could have been talking about Field Marshal Bradford in World War Two . ’ |
| 9 | From the way he said it , he might have been talking about Krull of Varna . |
| 10 | He could have been talking about Ken Mentle . |
| 11 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 12 | Until very late the previous night I had been writing about Krakatoa and trials by Fire , and was deeply asleep when the cat woke me . |
| 13 | Other people had been asking about Vecchi , too . |
| 14 | Jim McCarron , the committee chairman , said yesterday that Dr Forwell 's report underlined what politicians had been saying about Glasgow 's health record for a long time . |
| 15 | He knew there had been fighting about Charleroi , and he had heard of some skirmishes being fought in the villages south of the Prince of Orange 's headquarters , but whether the French had invaded in force , or whether there was an attack coming in the direction of Mons , the Duke still did not know . |
| 16 | The worry he had been feeling about Janine was replaced by elation . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Simon , ’ he said , as he began to eat , ‘ and I 'd be grateful if you could fill me in on a few things . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Sam in the same way as Maurice and Beatrix recently . |
| 19 | I 've been thinking about Sophie . |
| 20 | I 've been thinking about Wilko 's choice of subs ( as well as the starters ) he seems to pick players for the bench one week and then not in the squad for the next ( e.g Strandli , Forrester , Ray Wallace ) Hopefully he will play Rocky tonight . |
| 21 | ‘ Listen , I 've been thinking about Chris 's work . |
| 22 | ‘ So do I ; it 's one of the things I 've been missing about Australia — that and the sun . ’ |
| 23 | It 's remarkable because we 've been talking about Twickenham to you ever since I think about the second round , and in those days it just seemed a little bit of a dream , but that dream is now just eighty minutes away is n't it ? |
| 24 | Now , you 've been talking about Donna 's birth , but I thought it was your own you wanted to find out about ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been wondering about David , ’ said Julia casually , as though the question were not of the utmost Importance to her . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Duff , you have been speaking about Dr Carey . |
| 27 | He explained : ‘ He 's been talking about Peter Pan since he was three years old . |
| 28 | You know what that ugly Jock 's been saying about Crilly ? ’ |