Example sentences of "[vb base] been talking [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Sir , you 've been talking nonsense to make me talk nonsense .
2 Labour have been talking Britain down so hard , relishing every piece of bad news , rubbing their hands at any failure in public services , that they have chosen to forget what a great country Britain really is , ’ said the broadcast .
3 We have been talking apples — the rights and concerns of women — while they have been talking oranges — the rights and concerns of fetuses .
4 The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it .
5 We have been talking apples — the rights and concerns of women — while they have been talking oranges — the rights and concerns of fetuses .
6 If characters who have the ability to speak either prose or verse have been talking prose among themselves , or if the medium is prose for some other reason , the entry of a person of rank or status can be the signal for the move to the higher level .
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