Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am talking about a woman 's rights . |
| 2 | We hear about good success stories in manufacturing , but I am talking about the broad base . |
| 3 | But I was talking to myself . |
| 4 | But I was talking to a Prof up there the other day , the actual A level , do you know , it 's pathetic really , I mean when you 're talking about law degrees you want about threes A's at A and now even accepting C's A , A level C's for engineering itself ! |
| 5 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 6 | At the moment erm the way that we use computers is , of course , to use a keyboard , but I was talking to some people today who 've now developed and you can buy it , erm a system on which you can write on what you want to say , so that as long as you print fairly clearly you do n't have to learn any new typing skills . |
| 7 | But I was talking about internally . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 9 | He had a moustache , yes , but I 'm talking about really obvious things that we might forget . |
| 10 | But I 'm talking , I |
| 11 | committee and that on behalf of West Sussex as a whole , we should grasp that responsibility , make it clear and I 'm not talking about the emergency arrangements which we 're coping with quite adequately it seems to me erm but I 'm talking about the coordination and overview of all the er contributing factors erm so that we can demonstrate that there is ultimately one body who can take er a view of these matters er ensure that there are not grey areas in future and to er initiate er action wherever it may be dealt with necessary . |
| 12 | Yeah but I 'm talking about going up to the gym . |
| 13 | Well I know but I 'm talking about , with break ins , I mean , people are a a I think are getting on with it and there 's no deterrent for the |
| 14 | Oh ships , Kev , but I 'm talking about boats . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , but you 're talking about the ghost of a dead person , are n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't want to sound patronizing , Paul , but you 're talking about a fuel-load/ power ratio which is just not feasible . |
| 17 | But you 're talking about people who actually do it are you ? |
| 18 | I 've heard about a cockatoo but you 're talking about the hens cockerels . |
| 19 | Erm but you 're talking fifty eight pound a day |
| 20 | yeah , but you 're talking Pioneer here |
| 21 | But you were talking about , you did mention some statistics , could you ? |
| 22 | But she was talking into his shoulder . |
| 23 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 24 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 25 | Wayne 's World may have made Scooby Doo hip , but we 're talking serious addiction to cartoon characters that even your five-year-old sister would think are naff . |
| 26 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd say they are in discussions that could lead to a 50-50 joint venture to develop , manufacture , and market transmission equipment — yes , Bosch 's main business is motor components , but we 're talking data transmission here — under the global CCITT standard , including Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems : Northern Telecom says the deal would complements its strategic tie with Matra Communication SA . |
| 27 | However , EPHOS is not expected to impinge upon the UK 's own GOSIP profile , ‘ EPHOS is at a higher level , ’ according to the UK 's Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency , although it admits that ‘ they may merge in the future , but we 're talking about four or five years . ’ |
| 28 | And it 's a U K average figure as well , but we 're talking about forty percent . |
| 29 | Yeah but we 're talking round this . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's all very well , but we 're talking about murder . ’ |