Example sentences of "[be] talking on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the other difficulty is that if you 're , if you 're talking on a controversial subject , and you give three minutes and they only want one minute , they might actually choose the one minute you do n't want actually used . |
| 2 | Alright , so , if you 're talking on the phone , of course you 'd transfer it to the secretary phone , would n't you ? |
| 3 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm talking on a musical level . |
| 5 | A natural interpretation ( by an observer or analyst ) of this deictic set-up is that A and B are talking on the telephone . |
| 6 | If you take into account the fact that I have been up till after midnight every night since Monday , that I have a cold , and that that morning I had been talking on a sore throat from 9.30 to 1 o'clock , perhaps you will understand . ’ |
| 7 | We had been talking on the National Consumer Council a bit about the lack of accountability in broadcasting , and I had also , as part of my Advisory Council work , directed and written up the first major study about adults , educational experience and needs — two and a half thousand interviews all over England and Wales . |
| 8 | you can guarantee it she goes to shops about eleven o'clock , she do n't come back till one because she 's been talking on shops , that 's her routine you know ? |
| 9 | We were talking on open telephone lines . ’ |
| 10 | The signals were at caution and the train crew were talking on the level-crossing . |
| 11 | Joanne and her mother were talking on Joanne 's doorstep . |
| 12 | We were talking on the subject of erm divorce in in yesterday morning 's programme and this idea that erm the the whole procedure of getting a divorce som er would be speeded up and there 'd be something called , No faults divorce , so that people would n't have to point accusatory fingers at one another . |
| 13 | I mean they were talking on the video about profit margins , but he did n't company he was supposed to achieve , presumably there was a minimum for all three of them , so What else would you do with Bernard ? |
| 14 | He 's only said these things , sort of , trying out to see because he does n't he does n't know if very much , oh it 's so sad Brenda , he said to me we were talking on Wednesday night , I think and he looked wistfully at me and he said I only want to be taught . |
| 15 | My assistant Joanne Barker was talking on her phone and two more colleagues were in the back seat on their phones . |
| 16 | Mr Ross was talking on the telephone in his office . |
| 17 | And Jacko Roberts was talking on the telephone to Dalziel . |
| 18 | I was talking on Sue , I was saying if you 've got a client who did n't give you the convenient forty two pounds , but said you 'd got forty or thirty pounds to spend , the first thing you 've got to do is take off the two pounds policy fee , so you 're left in this case , with thirty eight pounds . |