Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] talking [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were talking to him on Friday , and er , I mean , they 've not been down there five minutes . |
| 2 | I were talking to her for about half an hour . |
| 3 | Well if I know who they are and I do n't know where they come from I 'll just put who they are day I were talking to them and dash it . |
| 4 | Like a , thousands more , and another thing we knew we we very often , my wife and I were talking about it only the other day , there was an old saying that er er Percy White 's out of prison . |
| 5 | What I was on about me ringing is , she were talking in town , I says , oh , you know we 're Bi I says if ever , I were talking about you first off |
| 6 | I was talking to her at a women 's group meeting — we were playing records . |
| 7 | ‘ I was talking to her . ’ |
| 8 | Your Pat said to me on Sunday while I was talking to her , she said , when she was saying oh well she does n't know whether to vote Tory because |
| 9 | And when I was talking to her she said , oh well you should give her something , but not to send her to sleep and make her drowsy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Well her mother was saying , they got engaged and , you know , there was drinks and her mother was saying oh the wedding 's gon na be in February , it 's gon na be a quick wedding and all this so I was talking to her , I said Cath I said when are you are getting married then ? |
| 12 | jumping around while I was talking to her on the phone , I was getting so pissed the phone . |
| 13 | I was talking to her and I said do you work ? and she said no I do n't and she said my children are I V F children In vitro fertilization , so I said how come ? , how fascinating , she said it was n't very fascinating I can assure you , she said it took five years to have them , well she put plainly they pioneered it down there did n't they ? |
| 14 | Yeah I was talking to her and she 's got this ma he 's not a spastic he 's just got such bad taste in music and he just plays it like it 's sort of like |
| 15 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 16 | And we were at MacDonalds and I was talking to her , anyway , he even got really jealous cos I was talking to her . |
| 17 | And we were at MacDonalds and I was talking to her , anyway , he even got really jealous cos I was talking to her . |
| 18 | ‘ I was talking to him in the post office . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was talking to him this morning , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ I was talking to him this morning , ’ Richard said again , wondering why he could not control his shivering . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , I was talking to him briefly this afternoon and we agreed we 'd have a chat some time . |
| 22 | With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |
| 24 | Nought for presuming I was talking to him when I made that call . ’ |
| 25 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 26 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 27 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 28 | Well I was talking to him about it , I said I reckon you 've spent the you 've spent quite a bit now so you might as well just go another get final . |
| 29 | He said I was talking to him earlier on , I |
| 30 | I was talking to him about that and I got a totally different response from him that I expected did n't mind . |