Example sentences of "been [v-ing] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right from the beginning of my career as a journalist I 've been writing about gender issues from the male point of view . |
| 2 | He could have been writing about van Gogh . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | JANE MACQUITTY has been writing about wine since 1975 and is wine correspondent for The Times . |
| 5 | He has been wandering about Wales , giving a spending pledge here and a spending pledge there . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been wondering about David , ’ said Julia casually , as though the question were not of the utmost Importance to her . |
| 7 | A number of branches have been formed both at home and overseas and many more graduates who are not currently members of the Association , or with whom the association has lost touch , have been enquiring about membership . |
| 8 | — Anyway , he must have been lying about Mr Bishop . |
| 9 | Hello John erm firstly I would sympathise with those that erm have been complaining about television programmes , although I erm did n't watch a great deal of television yesterday , I was listening to Radio Oxford actually , but erm from erm Ceefax I noticed that the Neighbours was broadcast twice . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Duff , you have been speaking about Dr Carey . |
| 11 | Other people had been asking about Vecchi , too . |
| 12 | From what you fella 's have been saying about speeds form , he should be the man to drop . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | You know what that ugly Jock 's been saying about Crilly ? ’ |
| 15 | What 's she been saying about Billy Rich ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Gran had been muttering about storms for days and she liked her to stay close at these times . |
| 18 | You 've been raving about galleons and sea creatures . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've just been hearing about Pat 's epic poem about the ‘ other side ’ , ’ said Alison . |
| 20 | ‘ I have been learning about life , ’ she replied . |
| 21 | Teenagers at Giggleswick School , near Settle , have been learning about business by setting up their own manufacturing company , XS Baggage . |
| 22 | The team has been learning about tree-planting and has received help from David Barbour at Gosbeck 's Farm . |
| 23 | We 've been fighting about money of late , but then again it might be my face . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Had he lived , we could have been talking about Field Marshal Bradford in World War Two . ’ |
| 26 | He explained : ‘ He 's been talking about Peter Pan since he was three years old . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | No but it must 've been talking about youngsters having cars |
| 29 | It 's pretty big too because we 've been talking about women . |
| 30 | She seemed so angry that she could have been talking about hate , or revenge , or death , rather than love . |