Example sentences of "[pron] be talking [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is to say , I am talking of the likes of Mr Marshall of Charleville House , or Mr Lane of Bridewood . |
| 2 | I am talking to a man who has seen things I can only imagine . |
| 3 | After half an hour 's dedicated sales pitch , I find I am talking to a devoted collector of Hummel figurines . |
| 4 | Whether I am talking to the residents of Moss Side in Manchester , or Scotswood in Newcastle , I am left in no doubt that they dislike their local councillors and councils as much as they dislike the Government . |
| 5 | But I am talking about a woman 's rights . |
| 6 | As some of his remarks in the Criterion commentaries made clear , he was not hostile to the idea of Empire , ‘ whatever the Daily Express may say ’ ; and if this should rouse the indignation of anti-imperialists , it should be realized that I am talking about a bygone era , since which the world-scene has been transformed , and the term colonialism is now employed usually in the service of invective . |
| 7 | I am talking about a statutory register . |
| 8 | I am talking about a public sector reserve , state supported , composed of people without jobs for the time being , who are receiving training . |
| 9 | ‘ I AM talking about a man that has done 26 years behind bars and if he had done the same crime today he would have got 10 years and would have got out five years ago ’ — actor Mike Reid on Reggie Kray . |
| 10 | ‘ I am talking about a group of people who simply do not care . |
| 11 | Mr. Wilson : I am grateful for your guidance , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but I assure you that I am talking about the disabled only in terms of the general need for consumer protection , which is encompassed in new clause S. |
| 12 | I am talking about the famous House of Ormstein , Kings of Bohemia . ’ |
| 13 | I am talking about the occasional and varied insertion of a comment clause as a means of making a monologue flow smoothly , or identifying a change-point for the dialogue — you know ? — or as a means of establishing rapport , you see , or a gentler conversational style . |
| 14 | I am talking about the real world — about what is happening out there . |
| 15 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 16 | I am talking about the first attempt to amend regulation 72 to exclude supplementary benefit and national assistance from the scope of that regulation . |
| 17 | We hear about good success stories in manufacturing , but I am talking about the broad base . |
| 18 | ‘ This team has the talent to win trophies and I am talking about the championship as well as one-day competitions ’ . |
| 19 | Yes , I think you 're drawing a distinction between what you do in practice and what you 're booklet says , so I am talking about the letter of your booklet and what you do in practice might be a lot better . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm talking on a musical level . |
| 21 | I 'm talking to a wall ! |
| 22 | And the person that goes into the radio studio and thinks , ‘ I 'm talking to a hundred thousand people ’ or something like that , is doomed , because the voice and approach you use is a bit like the voice and approach I have now , I 'm sort of talking to a largish group of people . |
| 23 | I 'm talking to the dog . ’ |
| 24 | But Newbon goes on to explain : ‘ He 's now gone and I 'm talking to the present managing director . |
| 25 | Watch him wa I 'm talking to the lady next door be careful of him he 's he 's Stuart that 's Stuart yeah very careful of him . |
| 26 | You 'll , you 'll see , I 'm talking to the Three-Nineties , er you 'll see a bit of a change since you were here before . |
| 27 | No , I 'm talking to the cat . |
| 28 | No I 'm talking to the microphone |
| 29 | Erm well in in the context of what I did say yesterday it 'll come as no great surprise to anyone that like Ryedale we also accept the North Yorkshire County County figures , erm which in short we we find are based on reasonable assumptions and and and an appropriate methodology , compared to some of the more extreme interpretations and projections that have that have been put forward , if I can illustrate that point by reference to er potential building rates , that the highest figure that 's been suggested is the one put forward by Mr Grigson , of Barton Willmore , I 'm talking for the moment about Greater York generally , and I 'll come onto the Selby aspect in a minute . |
| 30 | I 'm talking about a pharmacist with a G P that set us . |