Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] was talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should add that Frank was talking about America . |
| 2 | Of course drugs is , is one of the wonderful examples that the very thing that Katherine was talking about , something that was n't there in the beginning and that has been produced by modern technology and is now a big problem , but is not a problem to Australian Aborigines because they do n't have any drugs er to speak of , of course now they do and alcohol is a terrible problem with Australian Aborigines I talked to David McKnight about it . |
| 3 | And all of that made the conversation , th the fact that Jesus was talking with this woman , a very improper thing nineteen hundred years ago ! |
| 4 | Seeing that George was talking to one of the shepherds , he came forward to join them . |
| 5 | Carolyn sat rigidly still , appalled that Clare was talking about this in front of the others . |
| 6 | But when he turned to look , she was gone and Marcus was talking to someone else . |
| 7 | Dieter was deep in conversation with Eric and Daphne , and Rose was talking to Janey and Sue . |
| 8 | When we were in the meadow opposite the Grotto and Father was talking about Bernadette I felt as though I could see her . |
| 9 | ‘ Presumably the latter if Charles was talking about them . ’ |
| 10 | We talked about image and Mandy was talking about not preparing if we wanted these pictures to go out because we wanted erm create a not an illusion but a a perception of what was going on . |
| 11 | Me and Emma was talking about the flipping things she gets up to with Scott . |
| 12 | But Giffen was talking about his books . |
| 13 | And they will recall that it 's not long since Evans was talking about cashing in on Rugby Union in South Africa ! |
| 14 | Whilst Hennessy was talking to the soldier outside , Donaldson found a light switch for three unshaded bulbs high in the rafters . |
| 15 | Well , she was wild Now you should have brought that thing when Sue was talking about the Australia Barrier Reef . |
| 16 | They wo n't ask for any , any do you know did you , were you there when Darrel was talking about that woman in the Post Office ? |
| 17 | Even the cameraman ignored Milstone 's command of ‘ Roll 'em ’ when Brando was talking to him . |
| 18 | When Lindop was talking about ‘ academic community ’ , it was against the background of a CNAA-directed national peer review system . |
| 19 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |