Example sentences of "[pers pn] were talking to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held out her hand , palm upwards now , and moved her head slowly as she looked at Aggie as if she were talking to a friend who would understand that a cousin of hers had not married beneath her . |
| 2 | ‘ But if I tell you , ’ Harriet Shakespeare said , as though she were talking to an idiot , ‘ I 'm putting Liam 's life in worse danger . |
| 3 | It was fascinating to hear hir talk ; pretending first one minute you were talking to a girl , and then the next , a boy . |
| 4 | okay , okay So supposing , supposing I did an interview with you , the , the idea about the pub talk is I 'm trying to get you to use the language as if you were talking to a mate . |
| 5 | If you were talking to a prostitute on the beat , you 'd get booked for gossiping — for idling your time . |
| 6 | Oh you were talking to the cat ? |
| 7 | We were talking to a woman in the shop over this bathroom and he said , tt , let's make a . |
| 8 | When we were talking to the builders tha he were putting that in . |
| 9 | No because it was funny cos we were talking to the lady . |
| 10 | Well , at that stage we were talking to the men 's darts secretary came along and was saying , he 'd be quite interested in , in knocking up , you know , one of the Lancashire matches or something |
| 11 | ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child . |