Example sentences of "he be talking to [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child .
2 Often meetings with ‘ advisers ’ can be counter productive and it will be desirable to bring you and , say , Mr [ Chief Executive ] into the picture so that the potential purchaser feels he is talking to a principal .
3 At this point I feel honour bound to remind Mister C that he 's talking to a journalist , that what might be an affectionate insult from his friends will probably piss him off massively when he sees it in print .
4 He 's talking to the word religion , are n't you ?
5 He was talking to a man with a sharp , nasal accent .
6 Patrick could tell by the change in his tone of voice that he was talking to a woman .
7 When she got a little closer she saw he was talking to the -man she 'd had the brush with when she first came in , and she hesitated in her progress .
8 ‘ That dog 's half mad , ’ Tom said to Willie but found that he was talking to the air for Willie was several yards behind , still trying to keep up , his cheeks flushed with the effort .
9 He was talking to the headmasters at the time and was not prepared to pose .
10 He reminded himself that he was talking to the inventor of the firm and decided to prod a bit further .
11 like for a kick off , he went down to the skip last Saturday , the tip , we had , er he was clearing out the back yard , he took some rubble and boxes and things down there , and he was talking to the fellow there they said oh , he said er they were shutting this skip , er they 're moving it down the road and you 'll have to pay , you 'll have to pay to tip your rubbish
12 and while he was talking to the woman he saw in the hall an elderly woman , and he said to the woman at the door , is that your mother , she said oh yes she 's with me now , she used to live at Woodbridge .
13 So the researcher went to Birmingham to meet him and all the time he was talking to the patients , she was thinking , ‘ We 've got to go ! ’
14 Yeah , the hands , no structure , did you notice he hardly ever looked at the magistrate , although yeah his voice projection was still good because he 's an experienced advocate , but he was talking to the table nearly the whole time .
15 He was talking to the passengers on the bus .
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