Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consequence of this is that we are constantly hypothesizing about the possible significance of each event , and often discovering that we are wrong . |
| 2 | Mr Pratt , whose father Glyn was a former Merseyside County Councillor , added : ‘ We are constantly hearing about the desire to breathe new life back into New Brighton . |
| 3 | I 'm sure you are already thinking about the |
| 4 | in these 0.3 seconds , skiers and the trade are already complaining about the ‘ pattern ’ of winter weather which has tarnished the last three seasons ( 0.03 seconds of the earthly year ) . |
| 5 | The idea that older people live in the past , that they are always talking about the ‘ good old days ’ is common , and reminiscence has often been devalued as merely the aimless meanderings of an increasingly decrepit mind . |
| 6 | They are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay their staff while drawing enormous salaries for themselves . |
| 7 | Other leaders to miss out included Eurotunnel ( down 10 at 403p ) , where dealers in the units are still fretting about the possible need for a further refinancing . |
| 8 | Again we assume that we are still talking about the same man , that he has returned home to the location where the ‘ living room ’ we first met was located . |
| 9 | Wigan fans are still talking about the dazzling try which marked the 18-year-old 's home debut two weeks ago . |
| 10 | They are still arguing about the scientific theories of the early years of this century , like relativity and quantum mechanics . |
| 11 | First , you will want to define the problem for yourself , but later it is equally essential to define the problem at the actual negotiation — we might as well check that we are both talking about the same problem ! |
| 12 | When making a contract be sure that you are both talking about the same thing . |
| 13 | Perhaps then , and in a way which recalls Freud , Carson and Gide are also writing about the strange impossibility of desire ? |
| 14 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 15 | When we claim to be.arguing about principle we are often arguing about the " ratchet effect " . |
| 16 | That they are really writing about the superiority of their own academic tradition , rather than about some universal characteristics of literacy in itself , becomes apparent when they pursue the implications of literacy for language forms . |
| 17 | You know , very often you hear the people that are actually talking about the things they 've done are normally the ones that have n't quite got there . |