Example sentences of "and [verb] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was all set to arrive tonight and stay talking , but I told her that we are tired and ready for bed . ’ |
| 2 | Like a marriage , the important matter is to be talking and remain talking . |
| 3 | We had a bite to eat and got talking . ’ |
| 4 | And Grandfather went and spoke to him , and got talking about one or two things ; and my grandfather said : |
| 5 | Well when you collected the dues er it meant taking it up to the office every Monday and when you got up to the office and got talking to the officials and such like the interest became greater and er it developed from there that er the workers of thought they should have er should have a representative on the committee . |
| 6 | But Svidrigailov ignores the question and starts talking about politics . |
| 7 | and then suddenly from the other end there 's this like , cos we , it 's like a big room , it 's the other end of the room all the dealers there , and er anyway and er and suddenly I hear , and then someone 's like saying talking , they 're all , somebody 's like mi microphone and starts talking to them about er what 's happening in the market , things like that blah blah blah blah blah , and this means blah blah blah blah so watch out for blah blah blah and I thought it 's like living in a different world , it 's amazing . |
| 8 | The four other men at the table with him sensed his panic and stopped talking to look at the newcomer . |
| 9 | I saw this predatory , outraged expression building on Ash 's face like a line of dark clouds on the horizon , and stopped talking , though entirely out of inquisitiveness , not trepidation . |
| 10 | He trembled as intensely as a fly whirs its wings , and stopped talking . |
| 11 | Harald put his hand on the older man 's arm and stopped talking . |
| 12 | Mr Smith said , and stopped talking . |
| 13 | She went into the huffs and stopped talking to me . |
| 14 | In a fiery Commons exchange , Mr Major replied : ‘ When will you start talking this country up and stop talking it down ? |
| 15 | And stop talking in circles ! ’ |
| 16 | Alright , shut up and stop talking ! |
| 17 | So news interviews : listen to the question , answer the question , and stop talking . |
| 18 | I am a former management employee of Dorman Long 's Bridge and Constructional Works , Middlesbrough , who actually built this bridge and recall talking in the 1930s to men who had worked on it . |
| 19 | He strode to the counter and began talking earnestly with a burly man dressed in white house-painter 's overalls . |
| 20 | She swung her shapely legs inside and began talking as he switched on the ignition . |
| 21 | He turned away from her impatiently , and began talking to Nicole , both of them gesticulating , their voices overlapping in their haste to finish what they were saying . |
| 22 | She guided Kim along the street and began talking , |
| 23 | Then the men-at-arms under the two banners , the King 's and the Earl 's , had waited outside , and the rest had got round the gate and walked talking inside : the King Macbeth with less meat on him , like a man who fed at sea , and Siward of Northumbria the way he always was , with his chest round as a shield under his tunic , and only his hair and beard greyer than you would think for a man not much past fifty . |
| 24 | Their response to this problem was to release a suitably grown-up , remarkably restrained , but really rather dull LP , and to start talking a load of old bollocks about maturity and development . |
| 25 | We hope that this booklet provides you with useful information to be used as a starting point — to start thinking about the issues that HIV and AIDS may raise for us in our lives and to start talking with and listening to our lovers , families , friends and colleagues in an informed , non-judgmental way . |
| 26 | On the third evening , I was sitting drinking alone and started talking to a man who offered to walk me back to the hotel . |
| 27 | One day my mum sat me on the bed and started talking to me . |
| 28 | As a 13-year-old child , I was sitting on a train when a middle-aged man came over and started talking . |
| 29 | Afterwards he came over all tender and started talking about when we 're married . |
| 30 | PIERRE ROBERT ( STUDENT ) : He came in real slow , then after the shot he became more nervous , and started talking real fast . |