Example sentences of "i [vb base] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dearest love , I chatter about all sorts of odd news , when I really only want to tell you that my real self is in your keeping . |
| 2 | ‘ I was brought up as one , ’ Frau Nordern said , ‘ but after 1945 … a God who would allow that to happen … that 's what I mean about Omi 's honour . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean about the principle . |
| 4 | If you 've followed the plot so far , you 'll see what I mean about the conglomeration of bits and pieces from different instruments that have been amassed for this guitar . |
| 5 | Then there is The Delectation Sinistrorse — a girdle of VS standard ( see what I mean about the dictionary ! ) |
| 6 | See what I mean about her being a real character ! |
| 7 | Do you see what I mean about shame ? ’ |
| 8 | See what I mean about metal being unparodiable ? |
| 9 | You see what I mean about feeling sorry for him ? |
| 10 | And that 's what I mean about friends . |
| 11 | You see what I mean about it being a nightmare ? |
| 12 | Framsden mill and its environs will illustrate what I mean about the compactness and self-sufficiency of the rural villages in East Anglia . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean about us ? |
| 14 | I mean about the job , that 's why I got fast you see ? |
| 15 | Now that 's what I mean about being dishonest . |
| 16 | You see what I mean about having to keep up with things . |
| 17 | ‘ I mean about everything . |
| 18 | " I mean about Apache Indians and all . " |
| 19 | Er however erm if we get past the three stages that er I 'm just talking about here , er we 'll be talking about in the minute at least , er then er you 'll fully understand what I mean about er you 're almost as as employed as you 'll ever be as a self employed person . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you see what I mean about something not ringing true about you ? |
| 21 | and I 've also spoke , I 've spoke to John this afternoon , he said yes , this morning I mean about taking them yes , he said yes definitely take them , erm and I suggested that Jack goes in |
| 22 | See , see what I mean about the board , it you know with the |
| 23 | And yo and your er see what I mean about this area up here , I mean it 's not a bad thingy . |
| 24 | Cos once er I mean about the s third time the , no the first time I went in the f in the rapid that was all |
| 25 | That 's what I mean about this bloody thing , that it does n't it straighten it . |
| 26 | But that 's what I mean about it . |
| 27 | See what I mean about that skirt ? |
| 28 | I mean that 's what I mean about this hundred days , we 've been at war , and I think the job of the press , I mean is not |
| 29 | If I grumble about the last movement of the Tchaikovsky , I certainly would not complain about the delicacy of the pizzicato of the third movement . |
| 30 | Er my Lord er the second observation I make about erm Mr opinion erm and the facts upon which it is based is that his opinion is hotly disputed er , not least because of what it would be submitted is the highly speculative nature of this enterprise er , when you are being asked to consider with the benefit of hindsight , whether or not a business entered into some eighty years ago , was likely to have failed and er it is also an exercise which in my submission is entirely irrelevant if your Lordship would find the basis of compensation which I contend for is the one because the logic of not having to become involved in any investigation of whether or not this business would probably have been unsuccessful in any event . |