Example sentences of "[noun sg] be talking to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Human possums avoid conflict by agreeing with whichever side is talking to them at the time . |
| 2 | Granddad 's talking to you |
| 3 | Just a minute mummy 's talking to me . |
| 4 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |
| 5 | while the editor is talking to us . |
| 6 | As he said this , he noticed that Cowslip had joined them and that Strawberry was talking to him quietly . |
| 7 | Yes , well , as a matter of fact er , the moderator was talking to me on the telephone |
| 8 | he broke in rails because some silly man was talking to him in Wales ! |
| 9 | The Thing was talking to them . |
| 10 | ‘ At Reading , ’ recounts John , ‘ the girl from the Clothes Show was talking to us . |
| 11 | ‘ At Reading the girl form the Clothes Show was talking to us and she said , We want to do a feature on you , we want to do an anti-fashion thing ’ JOHN END |
| 12 | ‘ At Reading , ’ recounts John , ‘ the girl from the Clothes Show was talking to us . |
| 13 | ‘ At Reading the girl form the Clothes Show was talking to us and she said , We want to do a feature on you , we want to do an anti-fashion thing ’ JOHN END |
| 14 | Mum , ’ Juliet looked into her mother 's face , ‘ I was in the ward on Tuesday morning while the doctor was talking to you . |
| 15 | Dad was talking to her . |
| 16 | Wycliffe was talking to them in his little office , where the Salvation Army band had once stored their instruments . |
| 17 | No I did n't say that , I said your mum was talking to you . |
| 18 | A comrade is talking to you one moment and is gone the next , either blasted beyond recognition or seriously wounded . |
| 19 | I mean , in a much more , erm , a le a less severe example , but we 're having a Road Safety Week , at school , this week , erm , and it was my class 's turn , yesterday afternoon , so I was just there keeping a watching brief with my my children while the , road safety representative was talking to them , and she put them us through the usual hoops of erm , did any of them play on the roadside un unattended . |