Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] talk to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've made sure that I am seen talking to you at the time of this man 's arrest in a public place . |
| 2 | I have become expert at avoiding him , but on the unlucky occasions when I am forced to talk to him , he foams at the mouth and talks gibberish . |
| 3 | Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’ |
| 4 | One evening , a few days later , I was invited to talk to Mr Rochester after dinner . |
| 5 | The disc-jockey put on Earth , Wind and Fire and Olivia was whisked away by a young columnist from Amritsar ; I was left talking to a rather bulbous Congress MP . |
| 6 | For Gumperz is able to draw a distinction between a " we " code , used in the family , the village , or among peers , and a " they " code , which is used to talk to outsiders , on official business , in encounters outside the community , etc . |
| 7 | And you were seen talking to your pal Jordan who is on the case . |
| 8 | As far as he could remember from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi , you were allowed to talk to women . |
| 9 | She 's stopped talking to me . |
| 10 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 11 | She was seen talking to a man outside the house by a neighbour at 1pm , then vanished without trace . |
| 12 | A short-term goal aimed at improving her relationship with him was set and she was encouraged to talk to him regularly and to discuss his father 's condition . |
| 13 | We are left talking to each other almost as if we had met before . |
| 14 | They were asked to talk to them and find out for themselves about the families who had been thrown into such torment ; they were asked to talk about the children and about their lives at home . |
| 15 | And Allison revealed : ‘ Ekstrom only joined Gothenburg on the understanding that he is allowed to talk to other clubs interested in buying him . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's because he was found talking to you . |