Example sentences of "was talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And what , might I ask , sir , was he doing at the time he was talking about the bell ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So , ’ said Milsom patiently , ‘ what was the doctor doing while she was talking ? ’ |
| 3 | Donald Stewart was talking and working in a steady frenzy . |
| 4 | A hush — he was talking — Cameron and Menzies strained to hear but caught only his tone , several notes lower than his sharp pitch of command . |
| 5 | He had always put two pinches of it on his food , had n't he ? thought Susan but she was n't sure and Michael was talking again . |
| 6 | Luke had disappeared while she was talking to Godfrey . |
| 7 | At work everyone was talking about the television dramatization of the Jack the Ripper story . |
| 8 | With a backbone of electrification , traffic rising and the prospect of the Channel Tunnel , everyone was talking about the railways . |
| 9 | Ambulance to Raigmore Hospital , Inverness and a few hours later I was talking to the consultant . |
| 10 | ‘ I was talking about a spiritual leadership , ’ Dr Runcie said . |
| 11 | Yesterday , it was not how Murdoch was talking . |
| 12 | IT IS apt that much of this German Masters course is set amid fruit trees , because the tournament leader Nick Faldo was talking cherries yesterday . |
| 13 | More seriously , his understated , meditative style is lost : the impression is that his timing is fine , the audience 's is all wrong : ‘ I was talking to someone at a party the other night … he happened to mention that he was reading Virginia Woolf 's letters . |
| 14 | I was talking to Al Davis ( the team 's owner ) and he said , ‘ There 's no pressure on you to do anything . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Ridley added that he was talking in the context of the national good . |
| 16 | Below is an extract from the field notes , where the field-worker was talking with two plain-clothes men : |
| 17 | I was talking to the boys [ members of the RUC ] and one says to me , ‘ When do you start work , later on ? ’ |
| 18 | He indicated who he was talking about by drawing his arm in a wide sweep around the orchard . |
| 19 | As Taff was talking he was looking around in front of our position . |
| 20 | The Officer was talking to two gunners who appeared to be Polish judging by their accents . |
| 21 | A flare lit up the sky as Taff was talking , casting eerie shadows among the trees . |
| 22 | He could not understand what Ramsey was talking about . |
| 23 | In the first scene of Annie Hall Woody Allen was talking directly at the audience . |
| 24 | ‘ I was talking to him in the post office . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I was talking to Sister Oliver . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't want to hear any ‘ buts ’ , ’ Erika snapped , her eyes on Fritz who , despite competition from the Louts , was talking to Bunte . |
| 27 | For a moment Erika was at a loss as to whom her mother was talking about , then it dawned on her . |
| 28 | ‘ My dear sister was talking about you only today at tea . |
| 29 | Having known the Royal Family all her life , she was easy to talk to , and was one of the few people who knew what Diana was talking about when she spoke about her day-to-day life . |
| 30 | ‘ She was talking about the cherries , ’ he told Michael . |