Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was learning about nature and about life . |
| 2 | He was thinking about school dinners and salty cabbage when he heard her other voice , her harsh , cold , angry voice , screeching from the hallway downstairs . |
| 3 | He maintained that he was thinking about gold and the strange fascination this metal still exerts upon otherwise rational men grappling with the intricacies of international exchange rates . |
| 4 | I know he was thinking about divorce again , but Georgina would n't have made it easy . |
| 5 | He was thinking about Topaz 's shabby garment which he had torn so roughly . |
| 6 | I just hope — he told her what he was thinking about poetry — and history — and things like that . |
| 7 | In other words , when he was talking about psychology , and these are quotes from Darwin 's Expression of the Emotions , Darwin not only refers to acquired characteristics , which he believes in , but he even refers to evolution by will . |
| 8 | And now he was talking about mistletoe , and she did n't have to be very sophisticated or experienced to realise that he was angling quite unsubtly for a chance to kiss her . |
| 9 | No , what , he was talking about taxation . |
| 10 | Oh , Lord I Now he was talking about eternity . |
| 11 | He was talking about trade links between Britain and Korea . |
| 12 | And I I mean , for example , he was talking about astrology as a way of predicting . |