Example sentences of "he 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 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 .
3 Mr Ridley added that he was talking in the context of the national good .
4 He indicated who he was talking about by drawing his arm in a wide sweep around the orchard .
5 He reminded himself that he was talking to the inventor of the firm and decided to prod a bit further .
6 He did n't bother to say who he was talking about now , Jinny noticed .
7 ‘ Come on , ’ he says , like he was talking to a little kid .
8 The man whispered his answer , as if he was talking inside a church .
9 He was talking about Bella .
10 For a moment , neither Mungo nor Emily could think what he was talking about .
11 I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face .
12 Watson said he asked him what he was talking about ; North brushed him off .
13 He was talking earnestly to a road-sweeper , who was at work in front of some English-style cottages with flower gardens .
14 She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about .
15 The reporter , Mick Brown , followed this story with exemplary tact , or , put it another way , as if it had never struck him that he was talking to loonies .
16 Although Reagan 's knowledge of foreign affairs was non-existent , to the point where if he was not prompted he often had no idea which country he was talking about , he needed little convincing by the American intelligence agencies that now was the time for America to start waging a secret war against its enemies .
17 Maggie stopped the van so she could see what he was talking about .
18 As he warmed to his theme , George forgot he was talking to one individual , and through him to a huge lay audience .
19 Like now , when he was talking about his first involvement with Peru .
20 I looked at him puzzled and said I did n't have a clue what he was talking about .
21 He was talking as he led the way along a narrow hall , mounting the staircase to the first floor .
22 Mark E. Smith knew what he was talking about .
23 His ball had gone into deep rough and I noticed he was walking toward it much faster than usual and he was talking to me faster .
24 It was still dominated by the long nose and wide mouth , also by eyes of an intense pale blue , which always seemed to focus sharply and penetratingly on whoever he was talking to .
25 In fact he was talking about us , the boys of class 3B .
26 He was talking sense .
27 He was talking of giving up .
28 No one in his class understood what he was talking about .
29 Little Turtle did n't know what he was talking about .
30 Lack of eye contact from his mother when he was talking about his day gave John Grant the firm message that she had no interest .
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