Example sentences of "talking about it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hers is a vulnerable yet crucial role as negotiator between difference : typically she is one who refuses to outcast herself from the black community and family , because aware of its value and importance , yet by virtue of that same tact subjected within them to sexual discrimination : ‘ we straddle the fence that says we can not be uplifters of the race and lesbians at the same time ’ ( ‘ Talking about It ’ , 54 ) . |
| 2 | As the place was really his gig we could n't use it without him We 'd been talking about it for ages — and Bernie was always badgering us about it — but we 'd not really done anything about it . |
| 3 | ‘ The engine has always been on schedule , our engineers just started talking about it too soon . |
| 4 | Lord Mountbatten had spent ten years tirelessly promoting the dream , talking about it all over the world , often in the highest places , inspiring everyone around him and shamelessly raising money to build more colleges . |
| 5 | I think the final Ziggy Stardust tour was in England — that was the big tour — and by the time we returned , everyone was talking about it because Ziggy Stardust was a really good show . |
| 6 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 7 | But we would never have dreamt of talking about it . |
| 8 | A bratpacker with brains , Broderick co-stars with Marlon Brando in The Freshman this month — but he 's getting tired of talking about it |
| 9 | They said that they had been talking about it themselves . |
| 10 | Just talking about it made her jittery enough to need a nip out of Thacker 's flask in Sam 's opinion . |
| 11 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
| 12 | ‘ I presume you do n't like talking about it ? ’ |
| 13 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 14 | God , I do n't know if I should even be talking about it . ’ |
| 15 | I had been talking about it ever since our time out there . |
| 16 | It was a beautiful thought and we spent hours talking about it . |
| 17 | It was leaving it a little bit late , even if there was the possibility of serious trouble in the summer , not to be talking about it . |
| 18 | Neither environmentalists nor the nuclear industry seem to like talking about it . |
| 19 | It had always seemed such an impossible dream , but with Louise talking about it so matter-of-factly it seemed almost a fait accompli . |
| 20 | Many sufferers are embarrassed by it and avoid talking about it , even to their doctor . |
| 21 | They were talking about it coming . |
| 22 | If you want to find out about how he feels about being faithful , try talking about it in abstract terms — talk about the latest celebrity scandal , or friends in this situation — and see how he responds . |
| 23 | This is the testing time , and Bono and myself are getting worked up talking about it . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll just stop talking about it if you please ! ’ |
| 25 | What they really like is talking about it , talking about others doing it , and feeling mighty relieved when their partner arrives home with a headache . |
| 26 | ‘ Everyone is talking about it and before the pictures come out you can bet all the top designers will be using rope . ’ |
| 27 | People still stood around talking about it . |
| 28 | ‘ People could n't stop talking about it . ’ |
| 29 | And , since we 're talking about it , I want to make amends for the way I treated his mother . |
| 30 | Miss Crawford would probably stand a much better chance of becoming an actress if she stopped talking about it and started to do the necessary work to bring about her ambition . |