Example sentences of "having a [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're having a discussion about erm , whether it should be brought back |
| 2 | Well we were having a discussion about erm whether it should be brought back . |
| 3 | YOU 'RE having a conversation about traffic problems . |
| 4 | Two cooks in white jackets and blue and white check trousers sat on the edge of a table having a conversation about their night out in Lille . |
| 5 | So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question . |
| 6 | so what 's wrong with er it should n't be dealt with in a like a really serious way , it should be fun for everybody and what 's wrong with having a laugh about it as well ? |
| 7 | But have school pupils , or patients in a mental hospital , ever been asked if they agree to having a researcher about the place ? |
| 8 | Last time we had a I remember having a row about this before . |
| 9 | Having a run about ? |
| 10 | But it was Dr George Tolley , director of the MSC 's Open Tech Unit , whatever that is , who was having a go about professional people not keeping up with developments in their professions . |
| 11 | Ward was still asleep when I turned right and headed eastwards towards the Andes , the mist a white vapour , the rice fields , the cacti , the occasional trees , all having a weirdness about them that matched my mood and added to my growing fear of what lay ahead , beyond the mountains I could not see . |
| 12 | Niki 's phlegm about the whole incident can be summed up in what must be the driver 's quote of the decade : ‘ There is no point in having a complex about losing half an ear . ’ |
| 13 | Jackson is the first to admit that the numbers of people having a thing about some of the later material have taken a dip . |