Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , of course , and for pity 's sake stop reminding me about that . |
| 2 | so that 's done some work on that , and there 's now four models for training , one is the , you know , on the job , evenings , training , there 's the weekend model of getting people together for the weekend , there 's the sort of summer school idea and the other one 's the one that Doug keeps reminding me about , which I keep forgetting about which is the distance learning one , er we , I think this is the one he thinks is running in Dundee , that maybe help with because the idea of developing a pack which is kind of trainer proof |
| 3 | I told Mum that one day , to stop her nagging me about revising . |
| 4 | Sister Margaret is always nagging me about my earrings and telling me to take them off , but I 'm not going to . |
| 5 | Plus , my friends would only end up nagging me about my weight and that was the last thing that I wanted . ’ |
| 6 | We did n't like the fact that our male companions smelt like compost heaps , but we did n't dream of challenging them about it . |
| 7 | This means that they must refrain from instructing him about what he is to do … " ( p. 295 ) . |
| 8 | Do you mind not pressing her about the drowning ? |
| 9 | The builders started building , knocking it about |
| 10 | In letters to charities she is warning them about the extra administration time that trustees will spend making tax claims and notifying changes of registered particulars , and advising them that much of it could be saved by selling existing investments and contributing the proceeds of sale to a common investment fund . |
| 11 | When , however , the chairman of the SIB , supposedly at the apex of a system of self-regulation , calls for a ‘ clear shift to a less self-regulatory basis ’ , when the chairman of Prudential Corporation says that the government should ‘ organise investor protection on a fully statutory basis under direct government control ’ , and when the chairman of BAT Industries ( which owns Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar ) adds that ‘ self-regulation has not really worked ’ , it would be futile to start quizzing them about whether ‘ self-regulation ’ is really an accurate description of the present system . |
| 12 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
| 13 | I 'm pledged ter get the best fer me men , an' the bosses jus ' keep remindin' me about the number out o' collar . |
| 14 | Perfectly normal men I know have taken to reprimanding my personal politics — harrying me about how liberated I am . |
| 15 | Could it have been Sitting Bull warning me about the distortion of Indian history in Hollywood films ? |
| 16 | ‘ He is warning me about my death , ’ Alexander announced quietly , ‘ Violent and soon to happen ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , ’ Craig said softly , ‘ it 's my fault for not warning you about Spencer . |
| 18 | You said if I 'd quit bugging you about it , you 'd take me . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish you 'd remember what I keep urging you about the Hörst Wessel Song . |
| 20 | ‘ Which is fortunate really , since the idea of your warning him about my plans is n't one I find worthy of consideration , Time Lord . ’ |
| 21 | He blamed the suppliers of the chemicals and British Steel , who contracted him to do the work , for not warning him about the safety procedure . |
| 22 | George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom . |
| 23 | By your own admission , when you 're not quizzing him about everything , you 're confronting him and toying with the idea of hitting him . |
| 24 | In other words , it was costing us about a pound an hour in water . |
| 25 | But it 's probably costing us about er , three quarters of a million to a million just now net . |
| 26 | He is a zealous Cassandra , frantically warning us about the Trojan Horse of Monsieur Delors 's federalism . |
| 27 | Now let's keep reminding you about the time situation , sixty five minutes gone , Shrewsbury have another twenty five minutes in which to hang on here , it 's Shrewsbury three , Blackburn Rovers two , it 's gon na be a nervous evening here for the normally placid Shropshire folk at as that ball is headed forward by and here 's , again in field to , clipped forward for Mike , here comes advancing towards the edge of the penalty area , he 's got ta try and get past the brick wall of , and it 's now who tries to release down the right hand side , he 's got ta get past , he does so , he gets the ball across and that one is cleared importantly by only as far as who tries to hook it back in and that the ball would n't reach him and it would n't reach either and it 's gone out for a goal kick to Shrewsbury . |
| 28 | ‘ You were tellin' me about this ‘ she ’ , ’ urged Andra with relish . |
| 29 | 'E was jus ' tellin' me about the unions , an' 'ow they 're all worried about a General Strike . |
| 30 | You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’ |