Example sentences of "were talking [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You also find Marian that we were talking about that this morning as well we can not cover the national curriculum without more homework |
| 2 | But like , like , I mean Andy , Andy goes yeah , like , cos we were talking about that , and he goes , yeah you 've got childbearing hips ! |
| 3 | We were talking about this when we were talking about that subject on Monday , were n't we ? |
| 4 | But you know the other day we were talking about that tulip thing that 's down by erm Marks and Sparks ? |
| 5 | till yeah , crazy , well look at the erm , the price of sugar the other day you were talking about that , what was it , fifty odd P ? |
| 6 | We were talking about that today , because you know the bit where , this is Ghost by the way , you know the bit where the man jumps inside Whoopie Goldberg ? |
| 7 | No blinking Sam goes to me , cos we were , we were , we turned Arachnophobia off because people needed the toilet and erm there was Songs of Praise or , you know , something like that and they were talking about all this terrorism , somebody said oh I 'm glad you did n't go to London said but I did and she goes oh no you did n't did you ? worried about me going to London |
| 8 | b my wife and I was only discussing it er day before yesterday I think it was , we were talking about it because we were talking about this sort of thing . |
| 9 | We we we also Sally and I were talking about this last week , we said often you know you get you can get bankrupt stock |
| 10 | We were talking about this in the car cos he 's five and six months . |
| 11 | You er but when we were talking about this she told me that |
| 12 | My father had er , horses at that time and my uncle out at Holt , he had some horses they were talking about this one day and uncles would say well a horse did n't work nearly as hard with that road 's were nice and solid . |
| 13 | We were talking about this when we were talking about that subject on Monday , were n't we ? |
| 14 | I thought you were talking about this morning . |
| 15 | Remember what we were talking about this morning how things have changed in service in shops |
| 16 | She does kiss cos we were talking about this in science . |
| 17 | So we were talking about this and |
| 18 | But Suzanne , you say that we were talking about this in our college . |
| 19 | One point I 'd just like to add to what David was just saying there was that when you were talking about those orientation problems , when we were making the film of the children at Brickwall , what was brought home to me very strongly was that these sort of problems can arise in mathematics , as well as in reading . |
| 20 | I realized that they were talking about some poems of Emily 's . |
| 21 | As a mother I warm to someone who observes that so many of the modern theories on childcare ‘ show utter contempt for women 's judgement ’ , and who points out that , when it comes to smacking , ‘ if we were talking about any other activity which was so widespread , people would say this was a method which was tried and tested and obviously worked . |
| 22 | Anyway I were , I were talking to that lady and er she were on about you , and she says about putting your name |
| 23 | telephone conversation took place , as if two deaf people were talking to each other on a rowdy main road , but fragments of conversation filtered through as Frau Nordern repeated what Karl , presumably , was saying . |
| 24 | They were talking to each other loudly as if to keep lurking wood-spirits at bay , and I did vividly remember that teenage spooky feeling of being alone in wild woodland and at the mercy of supernatural eyes . |
| 25 | And I 'm only putting Helena and Emma were talking to each other on the bus . |
| 26 | It 's like other day , we were talking to this bloke like , and he were on about businesses , says you ca n't underst , oh he said something about finances , how difficult it is to get finance to start a business up and er , he said , I know , he said you ca n't me , he said . |
| 27 | Mrs Short : The way they were talking at that meeting George is going to residential school . |
| 28 | We were talking after another of McAlpine 's broadsides in Countryweek magazine . |
| 29 | Well , no , we are governed by our Annual General Meeting , but it 's not unrealistic to ask for double figures , because basically we were talking in that vein last year , and of course we eventually settled for 8.8 . |
| 30 | It is two years since we were talking in those terms , and the defence policy of every party is now under review . |