Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | interest tax relief , it 's M I D A S right , so let's not start talking about the benefit of public sector housing and to show the financial illiteracy of of of what 's actually been proposed if you understand the government regulation about the ring fencing o of of of the housing revenue account and and the way in which housing benefit is now having to be subsidised by those other council house tenants then what 's actually going to happen when your poor people inhabit those houses , those public sector houses and they need the housing benefit that David 's been talking about . |
| 2 | But that evening the dancers could not stop talking about the Opera ghost . |
| 3 | And now she could not stop talking , and he had put the book down , and they were shaking in each other 's arms , and he was kissing her , and she was kissing him , and really this would not do — they were in the embassy library , and anyone might come in , and , ‘ Dr Neil , we can not make love here ; it would not be proper , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , knowledge seeped out ; not least because both the Iran and contra operations , however much compartmented and closely held , were run by a man who could not resist talking about them . |
| 5 | I was even more nervous because it mattered so much , and then I could n't stop talking and did n't answer the questions . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ People could n't stop talking about it . ’ |
| 7 | With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place . |
| 8 | I could n't stop talking and kept thanking the anaesthetist profusely . |
| 9 | It was bad enough having to do every single bit of the work , rushing like a mad thing because the person who was meant to help you could n't stop talking . |
| 10 | Yet , when she found him , more or less alone in the bar parlour although she was aware of Ned O'Mara somewhere nearby , she could n't stop talking , words rushing out of her , spilling one over the other , over and over " Please , please , oh please , you can help me if you want to , I know you can , and I 'll go mad you see if they take my little boy away , because he 's not-not just as he should be — more delicate than he should be . |
| 11 | And granny , actually I could n't bear talking to granny right now . |
| 12 | Cocteau would not stop talking . |
| 13 | The second shock was when the biggest boy in the class — he was nearly a head taller than me and considerably heavier — Jack Truckle would not stop talking . |
| 14 | I ca n't face talking to him today . ’ |
| 15 | But I mean , I wa I was really pleased when Toya come up to me and she goes , James ca n't stop talking about you in Science . |
| 16 | Talking about fainting I still have my I ca n't standing talking about bloody ! |
| 17 | He will not stop talking , drinking cups of coffee . |
| 18 | Brady , now Creaney 's boss at Celtic , has watched Cologne twice in recent weeks but he wo n't start talking about his plans until tomorrow . |
| 19 | His deranged visitor wo n't stop talking . |
| 20 | While some people become tongue-tied others can not stop talking . |
| 21 | Three days later Kohl conceded that " we can not avoid talking about an increase in duties " ( rather than taxes ) and mentioned possible duties on carbon dioxide emissions or motorway tolls . |