Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] had been talking [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The other girl who had been talking to Blake walked over to the Doctor .
2 If you take into account the fact that I have been up till after midnight every night since Monday , that I have a cold , and that that morning I had been talking on a sore throat from 9.30 to 1 o'clock , perhaps you will understand . ’
3 ‘ If what this girl says is true , you 'll find proof of their guilt in the car , sergeant , ’ said the stout man who had been talking to the keeper .
4 It was the man they had been talking about at Christmas dinner .
5 Should she try and get him back again or buy a newspaper first and try to find out what in the world he had been talking about ?
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