Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] talk [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if a museum gets to be talked about ‘ Oh , well , they 've sold this and they 've sold that ’ I for one would want to make very sure that whatever I gave them could n't be sold . |
| 2 | The Prince began to be talked about though this did not necessarily mean that he was being taken seriously as a political alternative to the regime of Louis-Philippe . |
| 3 | What typically happens is that , in the negotiation process , one speaker realises that his version is incompatible with what the other appears to be talking about and makes his contributions compatible with ‘ what I think you ( not we ) are talking about ’ . |
| 4 | To the atmosphere generated by the yearning faithful , add the element of competing with or complementing showbizz , and a leader performs , where the marginal voter wants to be talked to . |
| 5 | Joanne was quite happy with the way she was teaching until the GCSE began to be talked about , particularly in relation to its emphasis on investigative work and school-based assessment . |