Example sentences of "[noun] [be] talking to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst Hennessy was talking to the soldier outside , Donaldson found a light switch for three unshaded bulbs high in the rafters . |
| 2 | Gurder was talking to the Thing in a low voice . |
| 3 | He was not in the clubhouse , where the Lord Lieutenant was on the telephone to Downing Street , nor at the police emergency centre , where the Chief Constable was talking to the duty officer in the Cabinet Office Briefing Room . |
| 4 | While the Feldwebel was talking to the driver of the car , the little soldier who was coming as an additional escort stood by the suitcase . |
| 5 | Helen was talking to the Airport Police on the telephone . |
| 6 | The teacher was talking to the class . |
| 7 | Gilbert was talking to the others in a quiet and urgent voice ; his whispers like the quiet and urgent washing of the rain on those shuddering windows . |
| 8 | President and chief executive Lewis Platt was talking to the company 's half-yearly meeting with analysts in New York . |
| 9 | A dumb-waiter would be … " the apprentice chef with the ladle was talking to the under-cook now , who also tasted the ladle 's contents and nodded , while the seneschal said , Impersonal . " |
| 10 | And , you may remember the incident where , in er th the story , Through the Looking Glass , and Alice is talking to the Queen and er , the Queen says to Alice I am one hundred and one ! |
| 11 | James was talking to the person on his right , a vivacious lady who Sarah recognized as Mrs Bradford 's daughter . |
| 12 | His mother was talking to the police at the time , but she insisted on dressing him herself , and told everyone not to touch him . |
| 13 | Her mother was talking to the director as though nothing had happened . |