Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear sister was talking about you only today at tea . |
| 2 | But this girl was talking this is a few years back now . |
| 3 | However , even if we take that summarising phrase as one possible expression of the topic of speaker R 's lengthy contribution , we have surely not adequately characterised what this speaker was talking about . |
| 4 | She would also need money — and the stability the old man was talking about . |
| 5 | No one this time was talking about the next fight . |
| 6 | As he said this , he noticed that Cowslip had joined them and that Strawberry was talking to him quietly . |
| 7 | Pat said , " I gather Bert thinks this comrade the one Jasper was talking to at Melstead may have some useful leads . " |
| 8 | and there 's this woman called Lassie , and this , this other man was talking to er this other man and he goes why 'd you call that woman Lassie ? |
| 9 | US West Inc , which last week was talking about the multimedia database system it is developing with Oracle Corp ( CI No 2,166 ) , is stepping up its commitment to infotainment by agreeing to pay $2,500m for a 25% stake in Time Warner Inc 's Time Warner Entertainment affiliate — in which Toshiba Corp and Japanese trader Itochu Corp each has a stake — to seal a deal under which the two companies will collaborate to develop electronic superhighways — full-service cable networks offering interactive programming , entertainment and information . |
| 10 | Outside a mad woman was talking to herself : she wore several coats and had a troubled , concentrated expression . |
| 11 | he broke in rails because some silly man was talking to him in Wales ! |