Example sentences of "they [vb past] [be] talk [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 2 | I said to I said cos he 'd they 'd been talking about me . |
| 3 | Lone travellers , they 'd been talking at the bar , and Lily had said how much she enjoyed dancing . |
| 4 | They said that they had been talking about it themselves . |
| 5 | It was obvious they had been talking about him . |
| 6 | It was the man they had been talking about at Christmas dinner . |
| 7 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 8 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 9 | They had been talking in low voices . |
| 10 | They had been talking in Spanish . |
| 11 | So far most of the conclusions are broadly in line with other studies , but there is a brief , but interesting , discussion about carers ' groups , where the authors state that , contrary to the present emphasis professionals give to self-help , ‘ the last thing ( carers ) wanted to do with the little free time they had was to talk about elderly people ’ . |