Example sentences of "on about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I thought you was on about the pie . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , when we were going on about the Universe and all the galaxies and the Big Bang , we talked about gravity forces — between the galaxies — trying to pull them together . |
| 3 | An advertising campaign that went on about the law of averages did n't seem to help when much of the press criticism rounded on the Escort as exactly a car for Mr Average . |
| 4 | so , and then he was going on about the work he 's doing on the |
| 5 | I could however moan on about the likelihood of anyone ever wanting to listen to this collection straight through at one sitting , or that Miss Battle could have done rather more in the way of characterising each aria ( and her diction is also hardly crystal clear ) . |
| 6 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 7 | Everyone keeps going on about the Animal Farm |
| 8 | Not the same as those you ranted on about the day we first met ? " |
| 9 | He started going on about the life insurance . |
| 10 | Then the ginger kitten I hid in the garden shed and mother found it and there was a monumental scene and Helen called her a beast ; funny , I can hear it now , mother going on about the kitten and Helen suddenly exploding and mother 's face . |
| 11 | That 's right yeah , for a little bit , I was on about the reference to er Embassy Service though |
| 12 | With everything going on about the Poll tax , it 's extremely easy for us to understand how they felt . |
| 13 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 14 | He 's going on about the beach ! |
| 15 | As cricket chairman Close raged on about the decision to sign West Indies batsman Richie Richardson instead of a genuine quickie he was told : ‘ You find one and we 'll sign him . |
| 16 | She 's always going on about the way people behave nowadays . |
| 17 | Now erm how have we got er I 've next thing on the handout is something I 've stuck on about the way in which erm er well it 's what I 've just covered about the the way in which some sorts of therapies for people who 've been abused as children tend to embody rather heterosexist assumptions which has been stated by Jenny Kissinger for example . |
| 18 | He chatted on about the landscape , enthusing at the sights that Ruth had already seen . |
| 19 | I was on about the necklace and you said it was a bit pricey |
| 20 | And if he started boring on about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts , I would interrupt him : " Never mind about that , tell me how it works . " |
| 21 | she says , I 'm on about the lady with the dark hair |
| 22 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 23 | They just put the bit on about the hall after . |
| 24 | I heard them in the kitchen once , Mrs Donaldson and old Todd , going on about the sort of kid I was . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm going to turn into one of those old guys who are constantly harping on about the war , about ration books and bomb shelters . |
| 26 | We wo n't be able to nod off as news presenters drone on about the world 's woes and mother-in-laws ring with the latest family crisis . |
| 27 | He 's been going on about the dignity of labour . ’ |
| 28 | Auntie Jane kept going on about the violence . |
| 29 | I wanted to put that in , rather than going on about the deprivation and the tragedy of divorce and broken families . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Go on about the pig now ! ’ said Maisie . |