Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] about " in BNC.

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1 If we were talking about testing weapons or if we were talking about testing new equipment which involves that then you would
2 Conner , Seagate , Western Digital , Mitsubishi , Quantum and NEC are names to look for when poking around inside a machine , or if you 're thinking about upgrading your hard disk .
3 The issue , the point I 'm trying to make is that in talking for all of the bodies , whether I 'm talking about for the council or whether I 'm talking about them at the same time or separately , one thing I 'm not doing is talking from my point of view .
4 Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus .
5 He 'd said that if I was asked about it , I should act surprised and say it was nothing to do with me .
6 It should be is what we 've agreed in one of our suggestions , that unless you 're talking about something different .
7 An example of the latter is the argument that since we are mistaken about secondary qualities-the real world does not contain red , sweet , and hot things but only certain electromagnetic , stereo-chemical , and micromechanical properties-so we can have no faith in our direct awareness of our conscious events , states , and processes .
8 So what I 'm going to ask effectively that when we are talking about the Greater York element of the housing land allocation we concentrate on the question of is the level of provision enough ?
9 One point I 'd just like to add to what David was just saying there was that when you were talking about those orientation problems , when we were making the film of the children at Brickwall , what was brought home to me very strongly was that these sort of problems can arise in mathematics , as well as in reading .
10 I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done .
11 Can I just confirm with Mr Curtis that when he was talking about the thirty three hectares , he was talking about thirty three hectares in terms of in terms of a change of use
12 Mrs mentions that when she 's talking about sophisticated London
13 generally erm and if we 're talking about the strategy we 've got ta sort of er sort out for ourselves whether we think the strategy of getting rid of the local tyrants and the evil gentry is the wa right way to actually achieve that the aims of getting rid of warlords .
14 And if you are thinking about trying to fight us — ‘
15 And with this go , I 've just got to go on through this , the average weight of an consignment Express , or on next day is twenty eight kilos , and if you 're talking about two day , three day , it was ninety nine kilos .
16 I mean you know if if you were complaining about something or if you were asking for something you 'd be asking for it because you knew what you wanted only as you said it 's all about being clear about what you want
17 If if if you were talking about er high levels of variance then clearly erm they need to be addressed .
18 And since we 're talking about public relations , I 'm surprised you have n't mentioned Ryan Blaney and Scudder 's Cottage .
19 And while we 're talking about the man 's divine right to know , little babies are born knowing all they need to know about love : they 're unselfconscious , they can communicate , and their first experience — sucking — is a sensual one !
20 erm and while we 're talking about er , er
21 And while we were talking about Crippen , it would probably be unwise to choose as a role model someone who had been topped for the offence .
22 And while we were talking about Brighton ( away back up there in the message ) , god is nt Brightons kit crap ?
23 Run upstairs on your windowsill , in the corner , cos I 've seen it Stephen , go and get his number and while I 'm thinking about it , go on .
24 and while you 're thinking about that you forget all about everything else .
25 Whatever it might be for you , but something that you 're going to have to be thinking about , and while you 're thinking about that you can not be thinking about work .
26 And when we 're talking about defensive techniques , anticipation obviously is one of the things which is the hallmark of the top drivers is n't it ?
27 It is not a simple case that we can run along , sell a few houses , get the capital receipts and suddenly we can go off and have a wonderful programme and replace the assets which we have sold and when we 're talking about assets in this case I think there 's one crucial difference between us and you and that is we recognise that that is n't just an asset it is a person 's home a person 's home , that 's so important an a I 'm , just to talk about it as if it is is something else , y'know , just some petrified lump of cattle , petrified lump of stock money that was doing no good whatsoever , is a nonsense and I think most of us would agree that it is a complete and utter nonsense .
28 And when we 're talking about handicaps or disabilities , we 're talking about people perhaps who are physically disabled and also perhaps mentally disabled
29 We believe now outdated , it was never designed to deal with the current situation the modern situation and when you are talking about
30 Nobody ever got rich by just going on talk shows — well , not on mine , anyway — and when you 're talking about actors who are paid millions of pounds for one film , then I suspect their accountants advise them against it .
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