Example sentences of "[vb base] been talking about [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We 've been talking about somebody having affairs . |
2 | ‘ We came here ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ to talk about you and I 've been talking about nothing but myself the whole time . |
3 | But I do n't think it really ever I mean there were quite a lot of initiatives like that you know of people thinking of different ways really of of sticking together to combat er you know what I 've been talking about which was smashing unionism and er forcing lower wages really onto the the already low paid , which er really seems to be what Thatcher 's all about you know in order to er curb inflation and create a very divided society where er half the population seem to have to live either on the dole or in in poverty really in in derelict bits of Britain . |
4 | We 've been talking about them as facilitators and the need for compatibility , I think there 's also a need for every system to have a back-up of some kind , either of power or maybe a manual back-up , which in fact we were talking about the other evening . |
5 | Well I suppose i it means that you know the difference between right and wrong cos we 've only been We 've been talking about it further up have n't we ? |
6 | But we 've been talking about it for three four months . |
7 | You know what I think er , th we 've been talking about it round about and I says , you know , they were wondering if it was a bit suspic , I said no , th , they worry to death , there 's our children who speaking like the nig-nogs ! |
8 | Cos every time I turn around yeah cos you two always sort of w looking at me and whispering and , you know , m half the time you have been talking about me cos I 've heard you mention my name and it 's not very nice . |
9 | You have been talking about what we will be doing with it . |
10 | And today staff and patients have been talking about their victory over the health service bureaucrats : |