Example sentences of "could not [verb] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that evening the dancers could not stop talking about the Opera ghost . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ People could n't stop talking about it . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I could n't stop talking and kept thanking the anaesthetist profusely . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And granny , actually I could n't bear talking to granny right now . |