Example sentences of "[adv] he be talking [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Harvey said ‘ Hello ’ four times , then suddenly he was talking to a bald-headed man who seemed to have four overcoats on at once . |
2 | Apparently he was talking to someone called Helen , and used the words , ‘ You 've got to say I was with you ’ . ' |
3 | I hope it will la apparently he was talking to Kathy , no , yeah , I always get , I always think Kathy and Jenny should be the other way round no |
4 | he 's either up the stairs well he came down one night right enough he was talking to his girl on the phone , she phones him through the week and er he was a bit depressed because he he had n't the money , he 's , he 's on the and he has n't really the money to give in for housekeeping plus try and get driving lessons and his daddy wo n't let him |
5 | Ostensibly he 's talking about his career and history department and he goes back to it again . |
6 | Like he 's talking to Bernie |
7 | A few minutes later he was talking to Pooley . |
8 | It was n't they took three hundred people the last time and now he 's talking about three hundred . |
9 | Now he 's talking like a swot . |
10 | Oh , Lord I Now he was talking about eternity . |
11 | And now he was talking about mistletoe , and she did n't have to be very sophisticated or experienced to realise that he was angling quite unsubtly for a chance to kiss her . |
12 | Now he was talking in the context of er of of a , er but it is something that I think the government does need to look at because given the nature of multi-national companies or even the nature of public companies and private companies in this country where there is a public interest , not just in efficiency but also in probity . |
13 | Interestingly he 's talking about — this is written on the third of May , talking about the present splendid weather , which is , plus the recent report that too many British industrialists are making themselves ill because they do n't take their holidays has prompted me to write to you about our holidays . |
14 | Today he was talking about his job . |
15 | Well he 's talking to the good man , is n't he . |
16 | Well he 's talking about the er genetic engineering , he says that it will be a shame . |
17 | I think he 's , he 's like the other day when he was here he was talking about how he was turning over a new leaf and stuff . |
18 | Mostly he is talking about a period before the war but he also refers to the uprising against the Germans in 1912 , and some events immediately after the last war , and to a man he describes as his brother . |
19 | Maybe he 's talking about it all . |
20 | Maybe he was talking about someone called Simone . |
21 | But instead he is talking about keeping up research and development on space-based systems — which is exactly what was being done before . |
22 | So I sat there thinking about life , and when I listened again he was talking about orgasms . ’ |
23 | Recently he was talking about becoming a club pro , or a dustman . |