Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [pers pn] was talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realise from his point of view his company would be a quarter of a million better off if they could prove it should never have been paid in the first place , but … it is my mother he was talking about dammit ! ’ |
| 2 | She talked about her entire life , and I was running behind trying to keep up with which decade she was talking about . |
| 3 | The uncharacteristic fuss and fluster in Ivy 's manner was surely a proof that she knew only too well which letter he was talking about and was in mortal dread of the family finding out . |
| 4 | Since she had decided to give Emma a pink headband and Sophie a blue one it was a relief to know , at last , which twin she was talking to . |
| 5 | Although Reagan 's knowledge of foreign affairs was non-existent , to the point where if he was not prompted he often had no idea which country he was talking about , he needed little convincing by the American intelligence agencies that now was the time for America to start waging a secret war against its enemies . |
| 6 | Rella used to tell me stories , about places she 'd been , only sometimes I thought she meant herself and it turned out it was her mother she was talking about . |