Example sentences of "[pron] are talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Andrew , my dear boy , your father and I are talking matters of great pith and moment , ’ replied Clem . |
| 2 | I there is a small difference of course , the C E C did say it , but there is dif different negotiating procedures as you 're , you are aware but Mike and I are talking about that and I 'm sure we can overcome it . |
| 3 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 4 | And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination . |
| 5 | The , the problem was of course , this was a culture where adolescent girls do not contradict important American ladies who are talking to them through interpreters . |
| 6 | I think there are questions of style and dimension which come down to what type of theatre you are talking about . |
| 7 | ‘ Frozen and chilled pasta comes into its own when you are talking about filled pasta , especially individually quick-frozen products . |
| 8 | ‘ Here you are talking and holding forth , ’ says the latter , ‘ but tell me this : are you going to kill the old woman yourself ? ’ |
| 9 | If you are talking of definitives you are talking of Olivier as Richard III , Charles Laughton as the Hunchback of Notre Dame , W C Fields as Mr Micawber , Phil Silvers as Ernie Bilko , and Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill . |
| 10 | If you are talking of definitives you are talking of Olivier as Richard III , Charles Laughton as the Hunchback of Notre Dame , W C Fields as Mr Micawber , Phil Silvers as Ernie Bilko , and Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill . |
| 11 | You are talking about 2 or 3 per cent , and the Government are putting people 's lives in jeopardy . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't like the feeling ; it brought it home to me how much you are judged by how you look , all the time , and how weird it feels when you are talking to this compere , and all the time you know he is n't listening to a word you are saying , just looking down your cleavage . |
| 13 | I said , ‘ This is very good , but the performance you are talking of is on film . |
| 14 | I know the line you are talking about , but she never says the final world , although it is pretty obvious what she means . |
| 15 | It always does , whether you are talking about the spread of the car or the spread of Aids . |
| 16 | ‘ You are talking nonsense , Thomas ! |
| 17 | ‘ You are talking to a Minister of the Crown , in case you 've forgotten . |
| 18 | One year , when Joicey was in full flood , a new keeper made the mistake of challenging him : ‘ Joicey , you do n't know what you are talking about . |
| 19 | People prefer to be looked at while you are talking . |
| 20 | We are talking here about notes you are talking for yourself rather than a piece of work which requires your best copper-plate style . |
| 21 | I think that makes it difficult because if you are talking to somebody you do n't know whether you 're going to have a bad pain during your conversation … |
| 22 | But perhaps we should apply a variant of this to pseudoscience : ‘ everything is possible if you do n't know what you are talking about ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not know what you are talking about , ’ said Allen , ‘ but I like your cheese . ’ |
| 24 | If you are talking about more general studies or if you did a non-vocational course at college or university you should show how this demonstrates that you are capable of becoming interested in a wide range of subjects and could bring the same enthusiasm to your work . |
| 25 | For instance , If you are talking to a neighbour and he or she seems in no particular rush , then invite him or her in for an impromptu cup of something . |
| 26 | ‘ You are talking to the despatcher in Schreiber , ’ he said , ‘ — that 's ahead of us , this side of Thunder Bay — and he can radio straight to the Canadian following us . |
| 27 | Naturally you will watch the person you are talking with to notice if they appear to have difficulty in hearing you because of background noise . |
| 28 | Will you include it in future when you are talking ? |
| 29 | Finally , it helps if you like the person you are talking to . |
| 30 | You are talking about a country of power , privilege and class . |