Example sentences of "be talking about " 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So we 're talking about the next century . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think these guys know what they 're talking about . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I do n't understand why they 're talking about Mrs Seaton . |
| 9 | ‘ Is it O'Gorman you 're talking about ? |
| 10 | ‘ You 're talking about a world that seems light years from here . |
| 11 | And for a moment you do n't know whether they 're talking about this strange bodily posture or running a club . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I think we 're talking about anorexia here , are n't we ? |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | This is your oxygen we 're talking about . |
| 16 | But then , in a way , you 're talking about a family reunion … |
| 17 | ‘ That 's a girl of flesh and blood you 're talking about . |
| 18 | So you 're talking about setting up giant screens and elaborate video and sound systems . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're talking about Angela Brickell and Harry , ’ I pointed out mildly . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ What we 're talking about are refinements — fine-tuning . |
| 21 | You do n't know what you 're talking about . |
| 22 | ‘ Breathtaking ’ is an overworked brochure cliche , but you 'll find it very apt when you 've experienced the kind of scenery we 're talking about . |
| 23 | This group would answer the question : ‘ Does God exist ? ’ by saying : ‘ I do n't know what you 're talking about ’ . |
| 24 | They 're talking about another round of early retirements . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure I do n't know what you 're talking about . ’ |
| 26 | These people at South American Explorers , they do n't know what they 're talking about . |
| 27 | We are not just talking about an environmental nuisance here — we 're talking about a real threat to life . |
| 28 | Mr John Constable , the painter 's great great grandson , protested in The Times : ‘ Believe me , rape is what we 're talking about . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't know what you 're talking about , girl . |
| 30 | But then there are other gardening programmes which very much perform that kind of mediating role you 're talking about , where one of the presenters goes along to a real person with an actual garden and asks the gardener how he or she sets about creating this garden and quite a number of those presenters are women . |