Example sentences of "was talking to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mind you , I did n't tell her I was talking to SHE magazine immediately afterwards but I do n't think she would have minded because SHE readers are different , are n't they ? |
| 32 | I was talking to Ursula Andress the other day about toy boys . |
| 33 | The guard was talking to Evans as Morgan glared at the screen , then took out a cigar and clamped his teeth on it . |
| 34 | Jimmy was talking to Wood 's gillie one night , asking him about his gentleman 's astonishing success with the small fly : ‘ Wee Blue Charm be damned . |
| 35 | His ball had gone into deep rough and I noticed he was walking toward it much faster than usual and he was talking to me faster . |
| 36 | It was still dominated by the long nose and wide mouth , also by eyes of an intense pale blue , which always seemed to focus sharply and penetratingly on whoever he was talking to . |
| 37 | Opposite , number 47 in huge green wellingtons and baseball cap was talking to number 60 . |
| 38 | Whether it was talking to travellers or just listening to the lads , whether I felt warmth or animosity did not matter . |
| 39 | I was talking to Mrs Bean in the hardware this morning . |
| 40 | I was talking to Seb about it and he says he does eleven . |
| 41 | While the Feldwebel was talking to the driver of the car , the little soldier who was coming as an additional escort stood by the suitcase . |
| 42 | Some forty-five years after my visit to Preston I was talking to a business acquaintance who , although having been based in Southampton for many years , had never lost his Lancashire accent . |
| 43 | If I was talking to you on the street and you had asked me where such-and-such a street was , that was all right . |
| 44 | If I was talking to you as my pal , I 'd get done for idling my time . |
| 45 | I was talking to this other lad across the road — we were due to go off duty at two and we were just hanging about before making our way down to the station — there was no relief for us on that shift . |
| 46 | I was talking to a woman and she was saying that young people were n't the same in her day . |
| 47 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
| 48 | A stranger that was addressed by him would imagine he was talking to someone else , or if no other person was in the room , would stare about him , wondering what the fellow was talking to . |
| 49 | A stranger that was addressed by him would imagine he was talking to someone else , or if no other person was in the room , would stare about him , wondering what the fellow was talking to . |
| 50 | I was talking to Joe Asnett in Berkeley yesterday . |
| 51 | I was talking to Mike McFarlane when Allan came up and interrupted us and spoke to Mac , looking me over but not saying anything to me . |
| 52 | He stopped speaking and gazed hard at Corbett and then continued quietly , almost as if he was talking to himself . |
| 53 | But I was talking to myself . |
| 54 | He was talking to Vern and he looked just like him except his body was bulky , and his face — talk about animated ! |
| 55 | I was talking to her at a women 's group meeting — we were playing records . |
| 56 | Dean ( 4.6 ) was talking to a student in the washroom . |
| 57 | James was talking to the person on his right , a vivacious lady who Sarah recognized as Mrs Bradford 's daughter . |
| 58 | ‘ Well , ’ I said finally , ‘ he was talking to someone I 'm interested in . ’ |
| 59 | Apparently he was talking to someone called Helen , and used the words , ‘ You 've got to say I was with you ’ . ' |
| 60 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |