Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [be] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following is an extract of conversation in which an experienced neighbourhood constable is talking while out on his beat about discretion , in which its exercise is linked to both the development of local knowledge and the possession of interactive skills : |
| 2 | It was encouraging to receive a letter from the Hastings Urban Conservation project a few months later saying , ‘ The Borough Council are talking in positive terms about the future of the building … |
| 3 | It must be said that the Brooklyn Beer is talking here — it 's a particularly dark and mysterious brew . |
| 4 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp 's Ross Technology Inc microprocessor unit is talking to Intel Corp about applying HyperSparc 's cache controller and memory management and multiprocessor technologies to the P6 chip — follow-on to the Pentium in the iAPX-86 family , Electronic News reports . |
| 5 | Opposite , number 47 in huge green wellingtons and baseball cap was talking to number 60 . |
| 6 | Clem Bunker was talking to Mark in the garden . |
| 7 | Is this the girl Ma was talking about ? |
| 8 | I mean , in a much more , erm , a le a less severe example , but we 're having a Road Safety Week , at school , this week , erm , and it was my class 's turn , yesterday afternoon , so I was just there keeping a watching brief with my my children while the , road safety representative was talking to them , and she put them us through the usual hoops of erm , did any of them play on the roadside un unattended . |
| 9 | Just a minute mummy 's talking to me . |
| 10 | David Hay deduces what this means for RE : There will be some pupils who know from their own experience what the RE teacher is talking about . |
| 11 | His economics minister is talking of currency union between the two Germanies by July . |
| 12 | The signals were at caution and the train crew were talking on the level-crossing . |
| 13 | The TV constantly inserts its images and thoughts into our minds and some people come to feel that the news reader is talking directly to them . |
| 14 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |
| 15 | Chris and Steve Double are talking cameras , the bassman 's current pet hobby , while Dave dispenses beers and chats to Anton , Nirvana 's UK press guy . |
| 16 | Down in the kitchen , a radio voice was talking at Dad while he got the tea ready . |
| 17 | Well , me and Andrew Love were talking backstage the other day , listening to our drummer and keyboard player having a jam out front , and I was humming this made-up saxophone solo , and he was going , ‘ Oh , God — if you were a sax player , watch out ! ’ |
| 18 | Coffin and Inspector Paul Lane were talking privately over a drink in the Victory Arms , a pub whose windows gave them a view of the sails of the Cutty Sark . |
| 19 | He was not in the clubhouse , where the Lord Lieutenant was on the telephone to Downing Street , nor at the police emergency centre , where the Chief Constable was talking to the duty officer in the Cabinet Office Briefing Room . |
| 20 | The police were trying to interview them and a TV reporter was talking into a camera , his face lit with a bright light . |
| 21 | ‘ At Reading , ’ recounts John , ‘ the girl from the Clothes Show was talking to us . |
| 22 | ‘ At Reading the girl form the Clothes Show was talking to us and she said , We want to do a feature on you , we want to do an anti-fashion thing ’ JOHN END |
| 23 | ‘ At Reading , ’ recounts John , ‘ the girl from the Clothes Show was talking to us . |
| 24 | ‘ At Reading the girl form the Clothes Show was talking to us and she said , We want to do a feature on you , we want to do an anti-fashion thing ’ JOHN END |
| 25 | Robert became aware that the mathematics master was talking , once again , about sacrifice . |
| 26 | At first sight , therefore , our five partner firm is talking in round terms of a tax saving of 15% × £11,832 × 5 = £8,874 . |
| 27 | Upstairs another SS man was talking to my mother , who seemed very calm . |