Example sentences of "had been talk " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several Scottish players said that there had been talk at the dinner about the possibility of one of the Romanians hoping to stay in Scotland . |
| 2 | There had been talk of privatisations worth $16m ; in the event the take will be half that . |
| 3 | In England there had been talk of reunion since the 1830s and some reunions had taken place . |
| 4 | There had been talk of meeting for a drink in the evening , but the talk had taken place at five in the morning as Kelly was hurriedly slipping into her clothes and now Nick seemed to have forgotten . |
| 5 | His answer , when it came , was vague : he had heard rumours , but knew nothing for certain ; there had been talk of treachery . |
| 6 | Even before the crisis there had been talk of fielding a Popular Front candidate in Oxford . |
| 7 | There had been talk of sending me to a special school , but my family were not ready to accept such an open acknowledgment of my disability , and the excuse was again made about academic standards . |
| 8 | Fabia had a soft spot for dogs , and cats too , for that matter , and there had been talk of her training to be a vet . |