Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] talking " in BNC.
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1 | well this chap says there 's er , oh he says how much is , he said oh he says , nine by one pound , pound a foot , I said good grief pound a foot , so I mean start talking about six by threes |
2 | Yeah but I get really pissed off as well cos I well I , I wo n't like when I 'm with other people like and I talk about other pe like when I talk about Jenny and then I feel sort of like really two faced when I like start talking to Jenny and stuff . |
3 | I 'm scared to death half the time that when I do start talking about the woman in my life that I wo n't know where to stop , and … ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've missed talking to you . |
5 | I 'll ring her when I 've stopped talking to you , she 'll be so relieved . |
6 | ‘ I 'll ask Bill right away , when I 've finished talking to you . |
7 | And erm some immediately post-war recipe books and I 'm sure you know if you 'd like to look at them after I 've finished talking you might even remember some of the er the er |
8 | ‘ Sit down , ’ he commanded , ‘ until I 've finished talking . |
9 | ‘ I 've enjoyed talking to you . |
10 | I 've tried talking — but he just wo n't open up . |
11 | Heaven knows I 've tried talking to him , but it gets me nowhere . |
12 | But on the whole once I 've got talking it 's been very successful , and people are always amazed at what they do remember in great detail about how they got things , why they got them , when they got them , and I think by and large the people that I have talked to have found it very interesting to do for themselves as well as for me . |
13 | Father and I have missed talking to you . |
14 | This situation is common in many academic areas , as I have discovered talking to colleagues , and it may be that this state of inflation and over-production is economically unavoidable , that many inferior books have to be published in order to let the good ones appear . |