Example sentences of "have been talking of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he has been talking of being ‘ more in control ’ . |
| 2 | The Prince of Wales has been talking of his love for his country home at Highgrove in Gloucestershire . |
| 3 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta has been talking of her concern for the victims of Aids . |
| 4 | While Party Politics was a topical tip seized by thousands of once-a-year punters only five days before the General Election , Adams had been talking of the gelding winning a National for nearly two years . |
| 5 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been talking of the mistress , and her strange behaviour , shepherd , ’ said the maltster . |
| 7 | It is in islands like the one I have been talking of that one can best speak to the emergent nations about their problems in a relaxed , a hospitable and an egalitarian atmosphere , and against the background of a shared experience . |
| 8 | Mama 's been talking of sugar beet . ’ |