Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was talking " in BNC.

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1 His friend was talking rubbish .
2 ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia .
3 In high spirits , his father was talking about the immense advances made in forensic science in recent years .
4 Albert asked him once if he did n't find it agonizingly painful on the calves , especially in the case of an attempt to stop , but the child obviously did n't know what his father was talking about .
5 His mother was talking to the police at the time , but she insisted on dressing him herself , and told everyone not to touch him .
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