Example sentences of "[am/are] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Show me what you 're talking about ? |
| 2 | You show me what you 're talking about . |
| 3 | We 're talking about how you 're going to survive and it 's as basic as that . ’ |
| 4 | You 're talking shit . |
| 5 | And she says , ‘ Come off it , my man , who d' you think you 're talking to , a mere jumped up commoner princess . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But it 's not Kinnock ; it 's Mr Gorbachev ; the world has come on to our ground and I find that a source of strength , because at least we know that we 're talking about the capitalist system . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So we 're talking about the next century . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't think these guys know what they 're talking about . |
| 9 | This was because there are so many old Spanish customs within the company and rigidities of thinking which take a hell of a lot of changing when you 're talking about people . |
| 10 | The one you 're talking to is all tolerance and forbearance . |
| 11 | Chief Inspector , you 're talking as if everyone in that car is now dead . |
| 12 | I do n't understand why they 're talking about Mrs Seaton . |
| 13 | We 're not talking art here , we 're talking memories . |
| 14 | ‘ Is it O'Gorman you 're talking about ? |
| 15 | ‘ You 're talking about a world that seems light years from here . |
| 16 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 17 | And for a moment you do n't know whether they 're talking about this strange bodily posture or running a club . |
| 18 | It is not necessary to go to the lengths of the British Airways new Four Corners shops , where the travel element can hardly be distinguished through an Ali Baba 's cave of irrelevant merchandise , but only to set up efficient systems run by people who know what they 're talking about and who can make time to understand what their travellers want , like Trailfinders with their honest bucket-shop approach , or the STA chain with its expertise in student travel . |
| 19 | I think we 're talking about anorexia here , are n't we ? |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got an old pal of yours in here — David Bowie ’ , he said , ‘ we 're talking about making an album but he 's got this song which I do n't like at all , but you might care for it . |
| 21 | ‘ Brian , ’ Mr Sherwood calls , ‘ they 're talking to you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And while we 're talking of friends , ’ said his Mum , sitting down beside him with her tea . |
| 23 | ‘ They 're talking . ’ |
| 24 | This is your oxygen we 're talking about . |
| 25 | But then , in a way , you 're talking about a family reunion … |
| 26 | The trip is taking its toll on Monie , but nevertheless we 're talking . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's a girl of flesh and blood you 're talking about . |
| 28 | These guys are nudging each other , they go up to her , the music changes , and they 're talking to her , and she says no or whatever , and then the last guy walks up to her , the woman turns round , and she 's been replaced by someone wearing the same dress but she 's really fat . |
| 29 | So you 're talking about setting up giant screens and elaborate video and sound systems . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're talking about Angela Brickell and Harry , ’ I pointed out mildly . |