Example sentences of "[prep] be talking [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You know , so they must of been talking about it
2 Gazzer seemed to be talking to himself , not to Marie but , suddenly , he looked straight into her face and said : ‘ Did you tell him where she lived , like you told him about the money ? ’
3 He seemed to be talking to himself , and as he drew level he glanced suddenly in her direction .
4 He seemed to be talking to himself .
5 All the same , you are not going to be talking to everyone out there .
6 Well I would expect that the Prime Minister would , I think this nonsense that is behind all this is that because I am talking to Gerry Adams , they do n't want to be seen to be talking to me because it looks this fingerprint argument
7 To think they have to be talking to me because I 'm the host of the party , so I 've got to go around and talk to everybody
8 I do n't want to be talking to you , thought Penelope desperately , trying to appear interested in what Robina Fairfax was saying about a place in West London where she had bought a piece of statuary for her garden at a very reasonable price .
9 Erm , and I 'm going to be talking to you this morning about advocacy .
10 She seemed to be talking to herself as she gazed into the fire .
11 ‘ Is now the time to be talking of them ? ’
12 ‘ But father did n't approve of the game , and if ever he came in when we were playing it , we 'd stop at once and pretend to be talking about something else .
13 Thus the name " Shakespeare " rigidly refers to Shakespeare , irrespective of whether we happen to be talking about what Shakespeare did or wrote , or did not do or write but might have done or written , i.e. about his actual or merely possible attributes .
14 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 .
15 Let's leave these guys — all they 're good for is talking about it . ’
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