Example sentences of "they [vb past] [be] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 2 | Lone travellers , they 'd been talking at the bar , and Lily had said how much she enjoyed dancing . |
| 3 | I said to I said cos he 'd they 'd been talking about me . |
| 4 | Yes that , I think that 's possibly true , er , I was talking to Cambridge there about oh fifteen , twenty minutes ago and they said it was raining with them , and then they 'd been talking over to somebody over in Coventry and it 's , it 's snowing there |
| 5 | They said that they had been talking about it themselves . |
| 6 | They had been talking in low voices . |
| 7 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 8 | It was obvious they had been talking about him . |
| 9 | It was the man they had been talking about at Christmas dinner . |
| 10 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
| 11 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 12 | While they had been talking , the Administrator had slipped quietly from the room . |
| 13 | They had been talking in Spanish . |
| 14 | She was fleetingly reminded of Shildon insisting they walked singly into the newsroom so no one should know they had been talking together . |
| 15 | While they had been talking , there had been a couple of moments when he had n't looked in the least civilised ! |
| 16 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |