Example sentences of "[Wh det] you are [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also enclosed a little leather-bound copy of Heine 's love poetry , with a jocular luggage label on it that read , ‘ This is not what you are writing about ! ! ! ’ |
| 2 | A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you . |
| 3 | But ( c ) what you are saying about these other occasions is not directly evident . |
| 4 | One year , when Joicey was in full flood , a new keeper made the mistake of challenging him : ‘ Joicey , you do n't know what you are talking about . |
| 5 | But perhaps we should apply a variant of this to pseudoscience : ‘ everything is possible if you do n't know what you are talking about ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not know what you are talking about , ’ said Allen , ‘ but I like your cheese . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do not know what you are talking about , ’ she snapped at reporters . |
| 8 | ‘ I know not what you are talking about , Joan Halidon ! ’ complained Anne , having decided that she was making it all up . |
| 9 | ‘ That is what you are talking about , is it not ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You do not know what you are talking about , my dear boy . |
| 11 | It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about . |
| 12 | You must be clear what you are talking about and you must have marshalled all the necessary facts and information . |
| 13 | You will need an introduction which states clearly what you are talking about and why . |
| 14 | If you ca n't make the client understand what you are talking about , it is likely that consumers will also be mystified , so the client wo n't let you run the campaign . |
| 15 | All I wanted to say was when you speak of ‘ collaborators ’ , you English do n't know what you are talking about . ’ |
| 16 | In the end the opposing Counsel has apparently shown that you do n't know what you are talking about . |
| 17 | ‘ I do not know what you are talking about . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know what you are talking about ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The label of an actuary is usually enough to have people take note of what you are talking about ’ was one young actuary 's recent verdict on the reputation of the profession . |
| 20 | You can be caught out with your follow-up question if you do n't know what you are talking about ’ — Sir Robin Day . |
| 21 | I did n't do anything , I do n't know what you are talking about . |
| 22 | How is a man to know what you are talking about ? ’ |
| 23 | If that 's what you are talking about . |