Example sentences of "talk [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to talk about being gay to my straight , but enlightened , friends — mostly women ; it was a relief to me and they were perfectly happy to talk about it . |
| 2 | I really did want to talk about being in business on your own account as opposed to er working for an employer . |
| 3 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 4 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 5 | I said that whereas it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about presentation appearances it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about perceived-as appearances . |
| 6 | I said that whereas it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about presentation appearances it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about perceived-as appearances . |
| 7 | I have had a message from the Stan Standard Mercury , from Davis , that my a county has been hysterical , we 've talked about being paranoid one time this morning . |
| 8 | The new Tories talked of being ‘ on the side of the people ’ and when , in March 1954 the Television Bill came up for its second reading , they won the day . |
| 9 | Southey wrote long afterwards that he was astonished at this turn of events , since Coleridge , such a short time before , had talked of being ‘ deeply in love with a certain Mary Evans ’ ; Coleridge , on the other hand , was later to blame Southey for having persuaded him into marriage against his will . |
| 10 | Steve had talked of being a fatalist and if Fernando had the power to have them removed from the island that was fate and she was n't going to fight it . |
| 11 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 12 | You talked about being erm you know , if God wanted you to be a missionary you 'd got to be a , a sort of teacher or a doctor , do you see your , your role in Harlow as , as a missionary role or as a doctor ? |
| 13 | He always felt slightly uncomfortable when Slater talked about being gay , though his friend was rarely specific . |
| 14 | He talked about being scared , started shaking and then begged Mr Davies not to leave him . |
| 15 | You talk about being part of a Scottish revival . |
| 16 | ‘ Talk about being desperate to get back out on the road , but we were actually counting down the days between finishing the album and starting this tour , ’ quoth guitarist Andy Couzens . |
| 17 | You talk about being part of a Scottish revival . |
| 18 | EARSHOT features everyone 's favourite band The Shamen who talk about being famous , and , presumably , anything else that comes to mind . |
| 19 | ‘ I talk about being black because I 'm proud to be , ’ says Christie . |
| 20 | and quite frankly , we talk about being competitive and what have you . |
| 21 | Talk about being indispensable . ’ |
| 22 | Talk about being hungry e.g. — |
| 23 | Talk about being thrust into maturity : she 's still only a month off twenty-two and there she is with the barracks on her shoulders and my mother still dizzying about , and Gran … and Gran kicking eighty , acting skittishly . |
| 24 | ‘ Talk about being thrown in at the deep end ! ’ |
| 25 | Talk about being lazy . |
| 26 | And er er , talk about being nice , but she really But we 've in |
| 27 | In much the same way as people talk about being God fearing . |
| 28 | We talk of being ‘ cold as ice ’ , ‘ hot blooded ’ , ‘ cold blooded ’ , ‘ on fire ’ , and so on . |
| 29 | Those preferring to have them collected , or to take or send them individually , were mostly older people , and people in lower socio-economic groups , and people who — when they were talking about being so short of money that they would have to arrange a loan — thought in terms of a relatively small amount of money . |
| 30 | ‘ He was always talking about being saved . |