Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] talking about " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am talking about a woman 's rights . |
| 2 | We hear about good success stories in manufacturing , but I am talking about the broad base . |
| 3 | But I was talking about internally . |
| 4 | He had a moustache , yes , but I 'm talking about really obvious things that we might forget . |
| 5 | committee and that on behalf of West Sussex as a whole , we should grasp that responsibility , make it clear and I 'm not talking about the emergency arrangements which we 're coping with quite adequately it seems to me erm but I 'm talking about the coordination and overview of all the er contributing factors erm so that we can demonstrate that there is ultimately one body who can take er a view of these matters er ensure that there are not grey areas in future and to er initiate er action wherever it may be dealt with necessary . |
| 6 | Yeah but I 'm talking about going up to the gym . |
| 7 | Well I know but I 'm talking about , with break ins , I mean , people are a a I think are getting on with it and there 's no deterrent for the |
| 8 | Oh ships , Kev , but I 'm talking about boats . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , but you 're talking about the ghost of a dead person , are n't you ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't want to sound patronizing , Paul , but you 're talking about a fuel-load/ power ratio which is just not feasible . |
| 11 | But you 're talking about people who actually do it are you ? |
| 12 | I 've heard about a cockatoo but you 're talking about the hens cockerels . |
| 13 | But you were talking about , you did mention some statistics , could you ? |
| 14 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 15 | However , EPHOS is not expected to impinge upon the UK 's own GOSIP profile , ‘ EPHOS is at a higher level , ’ according to the UK 's Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency , although it admits that ‘ they may merge in the future , but we 're talking about four or five years . ’ |
| 16 | And it 's a U K average figure as well , but we 're talking about forty percent . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's all very well , but we 're talking about murder . ’ |
| 18 | Now I do n't want to spoil your lunch here but we 're talking about dieting . |
| 19 | What they 're able to do with that money this year and in that way we can make a reasonable assessment as to what has to be done next year and the years after and budget all , but we 're talking about how they 're going to spend the money that we 've just earlier on voted for , for us so that we can see what is being done and also that the public can see because after all this all came up , the report to the ombudsman and the public will not be satisfied about our performance on that . |
| 20 | ‘ But we 're talking about a generation much more computer-literate than the last and today 's children are very unlikely to react badly . ’ |
| 21 | But we 're talking about now , we 're talking about Mrs Thatcher having written |
| 22 | No but we 're talking about the days when your butchers are there . |
| 23 | Of course there will be professional advice , but we are talking about whether that advice will be any good . |
| 24 | But we are talking about people who are living in poverty . |
| 25 | That is worrying enough , but we are talking about a category of young criminals up to the age of 21 . |
| 26 | ‘ But we were talking about our noble King Henry . ’ |
| 27 | I says well I do n't know to be honest , I says I do n't deal with them , but we were talking about Mercury these cross-routing got one of these systems here |
| 28 | They 're obliged to charge us a certain amount for access , but they 're talking about giving us that money back as a grant . |
| 29 | I know accountants say borrow to your top limit because of tax purposes , but they 're talking about people who 've |
| 30 | And er really er they themselves thought exactly the same like , but they were talking about other people telling them you know that they could n't get this far but they did . |