Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv] talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't talking about Edwin Garland ; Edwin had enjoyed life in his own way . |
| 2 | And the other thing you have to bear in mind is that at the time the original structure plan was drawn up , they were n't talking about the er the structural employment problems that we are at the moment . |
| 3 | Now the the girls did n't know it was there and it 's a good job that they were n't talking about him or talking about anybody . |
| 4 | And I said to dad I said , It 's a good job they were n't talking about one of the other staff or anything or about Mark or anything . |
| 5 | All they were really talking about was fucking . |
| 6 | I used to work for a record company as an office junior ages ago and they were always talking about music as being a packet of cornflakes : you just have to make it look right and make it so it 's easy to recognise and people will buy it . |
| 7 | Then she realised that it must be Ianthe Broome , the canon 's daughter they were always talking about , and perhaps in some way a kind of ‘ rival ’ for the affections of a man she had not yet seen . |
| 8 | At breakfast-time they were still talking about the feast to come . |
| 9 | They were still talking about Australia , the land of opportunity . |
| 10 | My God , they were still talking about bikes . |
| 11 | They were still talking about the incident on Wednesday when Kathleen returned to work after her days off . |