Example sentences of "he [was/were] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself . |
| 2 | ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child . |
| 3 | When he spoke again , it was as though he were talking to himself . |
| 4 | Golding 's voice sank to a murmur , as if he were talking to himself rather than Derek . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is treating me as though he were talking to someone from Louisiana and wanting to finish the sentence before it has been started . |
| 6 | He were talking . |
| 7 | ‘ And what , might I ask , sir , was he doing at the time he was talking about the bell ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mr Ridley added that he was talking in the context of the national good . |
| 10 | He indicated who he was talking about by drawing his arm in a wide sweep around the orchard . |
| 11 | He reminded himself that he was talking to the inventor of the firm and decided to prod a bit further . |
| 12 | He did n't bother to say who he was talking about now , Jinny noticed . |
| 13 | ‘ Come on , ’ he says , like he was talking to a little kid . |
| 14 | The man whispered his answer , as if he was talking inside a church . |
| 15 | He was talking about Bella . |
| 16 | For a moment , neither Mungo nor Emily could think what he was talking about . |
| 17 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 18 | Watson said he asked him what he was talking about ; North brushed him off . |
| 19 | He was talking earnestly to a road-sweeper , who was at work in front of some English-style cottages with flower gardens . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Maggie stopped the van so she could see what he was talking about . |
| 24 | As he warmed to his theme , George forgot he was talking to one individual , and through him to a huge lay audience . |
| 25 | Like now , when he was talking about his first involvement with Peru . |
| 26 | I looked at him puzzled and said I did n't have a clue what he was talking about . |
| 27 | He was talking as he led the way along a narrow hall , mounting the staircase to the first floor . |
| 28 | Mark E. Smith knew what he was talking about . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |