Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] be talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In trying to articulate what she felt so strongly , Clare had forgotten that she was talking to a very sick woman . |
| 2 | ‘ That dog 's half mad , ’ Tom said to Willie but found that he was talking to the air for Willie was several yards behind , still trying to keep up , his cheeks flushed with the effort . |
| 3 | ‘ I want someone to play with , ’ he said in a soft , coaxing voice , like the voice he used when he was talking to his tortoises . |
| 4 | Have I remembered to do that ? ) sometimes kindly people try so hard to get their message across that one would think that they were talking to a mentally backward five-year-old ! |
| 5 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 6 | Managing director David Crisp says that he is talking to three potential manufacturers at the moment , one of which is presumably Amstrad . |
| 7 | The great thing about him is , when you walk into a room — and it does n't matter if you 're talking to senators or salesmen — he 'll say , ‘ Do you know Tip Anderson ? ’ |
| 8 | She hated anyone listening when she was talking to Alice . |
| 9 | OfficePower for Unix currently only supports ICL 's long time relational database partner , Ingres , though there are plans to bring the Oracle Corp offering into play , and the company confirms that it is talking to other companies too . |
| 10 | And stop that damn blinking and twitching when I 'm talking to you , boy . |
| 11 | Erm , current speaker will next speaker by name , so when I speak to you and I call your name , you know that I am talking to you . |
| 12 | We may recognize their mannerisms in ourselves or find that we are talking to our children in just the tones that they talked to us . |
| 13 | Luke had disappeared while she was talking to Godfrey . |
| 14 | What was he doing while he was talking to you ? " she said tightly . |
| 15 | We 're stretched as it is talking to every kid in the school now that they 're on holiday . ’ |
| 16 | He caught a glimpse of the fair hair and saw that she was talking to someone he recognised as the drummer from the band ; the whole group was there , giving an impromptu concert on tin whistles to the tired hikers sleeping on their rucksacks undaunted by the howl and shriek of the space-invader machines on the other side , a cacophony of mechanical rage that deafened him together with the thin notes of a rebel song . |
| 17 | so obviously she 's assuming that she 's talking to Elvis , but er , she ca n't prove it |
| 18 | I knew that you were talking to him about something |
| 19 | But Newbon goes on to explain : ‘ He 's now gone and I 'm talking to the present managing director . |
| 20 | Ruthven had his cat with him , stroking it and muttering something — I could not tell whether he was talking to himself or his pet . |
| 21 | I did n't like the feeling ; it brought it home to me how much you are judged by how you look , all the time , and how weird it feels when you are talking to this compere , and all the time you know he is n't listening to a word you are saying , just looking down your cleavage . |
| 22 | Just to make sure that they think that you 're talking to them |
| 23 | ‘ But now that you 're tucked up in here , none of your mates will notice that you 're talking to us . |
| 24 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 25 | Amstrad Plc has confirmed that it is talking to the company about taking on at least one of the products . |
| 26 | Mr Millan said that he was talking to UK authorities and expressed some optimism the matter could be resolved , although EC officials believe the tougher rules could lead to new battles with the Treasury . |
| 27 | MS When do you feel you would use Patois and when would you talk as you 're talking to me now ? |
| 28 | Roman Wyatt was n't so easily dismissed ; his strong dark face and amber eyes danced between her and the dress she was designing and materialised when she was talking to customers , but despite everything it was a satisfying day business-wise , and she said goodnight to Myra with a feeling of achievement . |
| 29 | I wondered if she was talking to me for a minute . |
| 30 | See as you 're talking to me right now I can actually hear to here . |