Example sentences of "[Wh pn] be talking [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The , the problem was of course , this was a culture where adolescent girls do not contradict important American ladies who are talking to them through interpreters .
2 And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination .
3 Edward laughed politely , slid from Carnaby 's grip and edged towards the group by the window , who were talking about hedges in tones of some desperation .
4 Who 's talking about old friends ? ’ enquired Albert nastily .
5 Who 's talking about athletes ? ’
6 Who 's talking about horses ? ’ he called out as she walked quickly towards her car .
7 There 's a sort of cosy sentimental glow coming over everyone who 's talking about , it ca n't have been all that wonderful , all the time somehow !
8 Who 's talking about work ?
9 All right we can grab a quick word with Frank Clarke the Forest Manager who 's talking to Garry Newbon .
10 Stop a minute , bend over , I 've got ta write down erm who 's talking to me .
11 Er er I just got ta write down who 's talking to me .
12 Who 's talking of dying on a fine day like this ? ’
13 So I reckon ( hope ! ) the Guardian has got hold of this off some Derby source who is talking out the back of their heads .
14 It was ‘ obvious ’ to the speaker in the film version of Howard 's End ( who was talking about ‘ Meaning in Music ’ ) that Beethoven was depicting Goblins in the third movement of his Fifth Symphony .
15 What he 's talking about and this is the same erm same councillor who was talking about living harmoniously side by side those that have are are buying them , those that are renting them but what he 's actually saying is well I 'm actually very , very sorry but if you have n't a job , if you have n't an income or you 're income is so low , just go over there and stay away from us decent chaps with lots of cash .
16 Privilege elides into Freedom , libertas into libertates again ; the practical sense depended on who was talking to whom about what , and in which circumstances .
17 A detective-constable who was talking to me later told me that it 's one of the Whistler 's trademarks .
18 He turned to Brian Harley who was talking to Jefferson .
19 Carrie got up and kissed her father before she left the ward , followed by her husband who was talking to Nellie .
20 Two of the Bernard brothers first saw her seated at a bar drinking , whilst apparently listening to her male companion who was talking to her , quietly and seriously and in an unobtrusive manner .
21 He looked over my shoulder at Mr Saleb who was talking to a colleague in the corner .
22 But suddenly it seemed to become very angry with the English visitor , who was talking to it .
23 They turned back to Major Braithwaite who was talking to Julia with what , in so staid a man , was approaching animation .
24 ‘ Johnson 's another one with his nose in the trough , ’ said the woman , who was talking to Alan .
25 Ashley 's gaze went to Vitor , who was talking to guests .
26 He beckoned to a tall , good-looking , fair-haired man in his late twenties , who was talking to Helen .
27 We 'd make a fortune as factotums ! ’ laughed Breeze , who was talking at random to keep her sister 's thoughts from turning towards melancholy things .
28 Who was talking of going to work for a different firm then ?
29 Jeremy : The person who was talking in the story was trying things out and playing things .
30 One of your colleagues , anybody in the room , and if you , when you are the potential client , when you talk to Gerald or whoever 's talking to you , er , as if you 're a potential client , relate to everything he says .
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