Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [be] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harley MS 6579 and marked by italics : Or further , in chapter forty-six , where Hilton is talking about the word " Iesu " as a means of focusing all the inheritance of life that the recluse desires , he says : These insertions do not add anything new , they simply expand in a particular way what has been said and they are not absolutely consistent in all the manuscripts in which they appear . |
| 2 | Compare the level of formality in the above dialogue with that in the following extract from another dialogue where Charles is talking to his father , who happens to be the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard : |
| 3 | Although Intel was talking last quarter about getting P6 out of the door by the end of this year ( UX No 405 ) , it is n't about to sweat for it . |
| 4 | And I just wo n't talk if kids are talking . |
| 5 | If Owen is talking , if Owen is talking |
| 6 | If Owen is talking , if Owen is talking |
| 7 | The words slipped pell-mell into one another , as if Marek were talking in his sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ Presumably the latter if Charles was talking about them . ’ |
| 9 | Cos Tim 's talking to me as well , and I 'm not being that clever . |
| 10 | I have found it particularly useful if adults are talking and disrupting the show . |
| 11 | And if it 's going to be relevant , from July onwards if Paul 's talking about moving into different premises , |
| 12 | They sat sipping their drinks , and because Irena was talking , her daughters were silent . |
| 13 | While Holmes was talking , we were walking home to Baker Street . |
| 14 | Her mind drifted back to that occasion while Pascoe was talking and she was recalled sharply when she realized he had put a question . |
| 15 | While Stok was talking I had seen a familiar figure enter the door . |
| 16 | There was a gap while Cobalt was talking and all they heard was Rain 's murmur of interest . |
| 17 | Christian had been watching Seb while Dolly was talking and now he asked , ‘ Is this the way you see it , Seb ? ’ |
| 18 | Vic flicks a switch on his telephone console and summons Shirley , whom he had gestured out of the office while Baxter was talking , to take some letters . |
| 19 | While Grainger was talking I had torn a page out of my diary and written on it ‘ Why was Jefferson in California a lot ? |
| 20 | And they will recall that it 's not long since Evans was talking about cashing in on Rugby Union in South Africa ! |
| 21 | Whilst Hennessy was talking to the soldier outside , Donaldson found a light switch for three unshaded bulbs high in the rafters . |
| 22 | Well , she was wild Now you should have brought that thing when Sue was talking about the Australia Barrier Reef . |
| 23 | They wo n't ask for any , any do you know did you , were you there when Darrel was talking about that woman in the Post Office ? |
| 24 | No er when Maggie 's talking , if she knows it 's on she always tells me when to stop it . |
| 25 | As Frank was talking his arm had gone round May 's shoulder and he was hugging her to him , and of a sudden Peggy felt she must get away from this family scene or she 'd burst out crying . |
| 26 | As Maggie 's talking to me I mean you can see like my here I mean I 've got all sorts , as you would use that , those pages for , there 's notes as I 'm going through of things that we were doing and er the university and , and everything like that and there 's other parts of it that , I mean the , the things that you would come back to and elaborate more on |
| 27 | As Anwar was talking Changez turned to him and said , ‘ I thought it would be much more freezing in England than this . ’ |
| 28 | Even the cameraman ignored Milstone 's command of ‘ Roll 'em ’ when Brando was talking to him . |
| 29 | When Lindop was talking about ‘ academic community ’ , it was against the background of a CNAA-directed national peer review system . |
| 30 | ‘ Look at this bit , when Ophelia is talking about Hamlet , ’ he said . |