Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | But listen , you must n't think I 'm wearying about not being able to paint any more . |
| 2 | Full colour : ‘ Listen , you must n't think I 'm wearying about not being able to paint any more , ’ says Mary Armour . |
| 3 | Yeah , what do you think I 'm talking about ! |
| 4 | ‘ Did you really think I was shouting about them ? |
| 5 | No compensation , but I , I mean I 'm talking about after government or anything like that . |
| 6 | And I was in a ca , er school over the summer holidays and er , we were looking at the design and technology and the point was that they got ta design and make some components , and realise I 'm talking about , you know , six , seven , eight year old , mixed girls and boys theirselves , and it was ra rather heart-warming to see where the way these youngsters react . |
| 7 | There was another couple of Chelsea fans I was singing about them all the fucking day were n't I ? |
| 8 | Imagine now communication I 'm talking about not only through letter and telephone I 'm talking about total communication . |
| 9 | Last week if you remember I was talking about the primary concern of the state , a concern er which is paramount is a concern for its security and I said if you remember that there was an approach er toward the study of international politics called realism which stressed the importance of what has been termed the power security hypothesis . |
| 10 | You know I was dreaming about the office |
| 11 | But he only listened interestedly because whatever I was saying I was talking about him . |
| 12 | I asked him what he thought of Magritte the other day , and he thought I was talking about some girl in first year . |
| 13 | ‘ I bet you thought I was lying about the work to do , and all ? |
| 14 | Yes he 'll have mentioned the United States on occasions I hope cos he teaches the United States , yeah , well as you know I mean there are a number of separate powers , there 's the presidential erm there 's the presidential power , in foreign policy making I 'm talking about , there 's president , there 's the congress there 's the Pentagon , there 's the secretary of state for foreign affairs as well , and one of the characteristics of American policy is the way in which sometimes they can be ha be pursuing separate erm aims and using different methods . |
| 15 | This is the one I always think I was thinking about . |
| 16 | Of course , they 'd immediately jump to the wrong conclusion and think I was talking about a girlfriend , and I 'd get some almighty teasing , but the joke was on them ! |
| 17 | You think I 'm joking about the Porsche , do n't you ? |
| 18 | I 'm I think I 'm talking about the words first of all . |
| 19 | So I think I 've I mean you put me right , but I think I 'm talking about the words , rather than the essential message . |
| 20 | I 'm talking I 'm talking about |
| 21 | you see I 'm talking about his father but I liked er Mrs 's first husband , you see and er I hear that her second husband is n't all that good . |
| 22 | I says , Why let me go on see I was getting about a month learning you see . |