Example sentences of "[am/are] talk [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're talking to a bankrupt — almost ! ’ he told me yesterday lunchtime .
2 Alice , you 're talking to a woman who 's seen a skipfest on the Raven of October .
3 Newtown , Pennsylvania-based graphics chip maker Tseng Labs Inc says it is in discussions that might lead to it entering the business of development and production of audio chips : ‘ We 're talking to a lot of people in the sound area , both engineers and companies — because we do n't have any basic sound technology , we 're looking to acquire that either through people or maybe an acquisition , ’ Tseng vice-chairman Jack Gibbons explained to Reuter .
4 You 're talking to a dead man . ’
5 Because we 're talking to a lot of professional people who are from all Scots you name it they 're from it .
6 You 're talking to a tape recorder now Em !
7 hang on hang on now if you 're talking to a mathematician and you 're sort of saying cos squared is well erm you know if I integrate that ah I 'm going to get cos so if erm well I 'll just change that there and I 'll fiddle
8 A reader has suggested that the belated realization that you 're talking to an ex-lover is best expressed by the old Tallulah Bankhead crack : ‘ I did n't recognize you with your clothes on . ’
9 You 're talking to an atheist . ’
10 ‘ You 're talking to the Ship again ? ’
11 Even though we say things , it[s just mouthing off like when you 're talking to the lads , showing off , I s'pose .
12 They 're going to be confused yes , very confused , I mean on the football pitch you usually get the trainer run man and they 're talking to the footballer and it 's looking at them all the time and he will ask questions , erm what 's your name ?
13 I often say jokingly that you make a comment to somebody and you find you 're talking to the world export on expert on whatever it is .
14 When we 're talking to the people on the phone we home in on a thousand pound .
15 No , it does n't matter what the travel agent is when you 're talking to the corporate
16 No you 're talking to the original perv here .
17 You 're talking to me , you 're talking to the first one round .
18 You 're talking to the wrong man on this .
19 You , you 're talking to the wrong man on this , I 'm not in sympathy with you , you see .
20 Well , you do n't need all that , if you 're talking to the public , you 're telling what are basically the facts , and , if asked for your opinion on them , you then decide whether to give your opinion or to say , ‘ Well , no , that 's beyond , that 's beyond my brief . ’
21 And the other difficulty is that if you 're , if you 're talking on a controversial subject , and you give three minutes and they only want one minute , they might actually choose the one minute you do n't want actually used .
22 Alright , so , if you 're talking on the phone , of course you 'd transfer it to the secretary phone , would n't you ?
23 And we 're talking at the same time as well ?
24 Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof .
25 We 're talking of a life threatening situation , certainly a disabling situation .
26 ’ — then you 're talking of the worst catcher ever not signed by the New York Giants . ’
27 Well , just , but no-one writes 'em like Sebadoh , unless you 're talking of the surfeit of spirit that infused Alex Chilton 's wildest torch-songs , the challenging of expectations Sonic Youth practise or the studied waywardness of The Fall .
28 ‘ You 're talking of the Brotherhood ? ’
29 In assistants particularly with part time you 're talking of the order of fifty to fifty five percent .
30 Cos we 're talking of the same product , one , one , quotes ninety six dollars and the other quotes a hundred and thirty seven dollars .
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