Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nought for presuming I was talking to him when I made that call . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't know you were talking about bread . |
| 3 | She found she was talking in as low a voice as Finn , feeling there was something which she did not wish to disturb . |
| 4 | Yeah but like if wan na catch someone out , like you go say you were talking to Scott and I wanted to find out something and like I go Scott , and like I 'll be going up close to him , I 'm literally doing this , I 'm going Scott ? |
| 5 | Oh yes , pick anything up in the room I think , you know , that 's reasonable loud , not to worry we were talking , talking about Shetland 's Lowe were n't we ? |
| 6 | Four years earlier he told Boswell that the difference between the two was that whereas Rousseau talked nonsense and knew he did — because he talked it so well — Monboddo , who talked an inferior brand , did not know he was talking nonsense . |
| 7 | the children did n't even know he was talking to them . |
| 8 | I said to him we made her a cup of coffee out of a teapot that was bought and she says she was talking about it . |
| 9 | Because some people are very very very touchy , they 'd think you were talking about them . |
| 10 | I was gon na say about sex education that when I was learning at school , it 's also very male dominated erm it was , I mean you were talking about erm what 's i li , the differences between males and females learning about sex education and wha , and we were learnt about the the man having pleasure , we were taught about the man having the erection and the man having the orgasm , I mean , we did n't even know what a clitoris was ! |
| 11 | Wh what was it common , I mean you were talking there about people would buy things that they never bought before ? |
| 12 | I suddenly realized she was talking to me . |
| 13 | For brief moments that day she could almost believe she was talking about third parties . |
| 14 | If people were not to assume she was talking down to them she had to speed up her presentation and tone down her air of authority . |
| 15 | As he warmed to his theme , George forgot he was talking to one individual , and through him to a huge lay audience . |
| 16 | Last week if you remember I was talking about the primary concern of the state , a concern er which is paramount is a concern for its security and I said if you remember that there was an approach er toward the study of international politics called realism which stressed the importance of what has been termed the power security hypothesis . |
| 17 | You know I was talking of cotton and Repetitive Stress Syndrome ? |
| 18 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 19 | ‘ You know you was talking about Chertsey , ’ Ella said . |
| 20 | What I 'd like you to do this evening if you will erm as an exercise is you know you were talking about erm asking questions listening to the answers speaking the same language watching erm talk the language . |
| 21 | Right You know you were talking about them deleting all er references ? |
| 22 | I found it difficult to keep going because of the hypothetical situation you know we were talking it about it early |
| 23 | Right , now I 'm trying to say to you is , that if , if you write , you write all these things down , you 'll find that one thing wo n't react with another , you know we were talking about interacting |
| 24 | You know we was talking about ? |
| 25 | He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them . |
| 26 | But he only listened interestedly because whatever I was saying I was talking about him . |
| 27 | I mean even I understand you were talking about the children sort of being out in the dark on their own erm even just something as simple as that . |
| 28 | The silence seemed to go on interminably , before either Mr Smith or Mr Jones found it in him to mutter : ‘ I suppose we were talking a little out of turn there . |
| 29 | If someone believed that tables were better than chairs , we would think they were talking nonsense . |
| 30 | 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 ? |