Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be talking [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses .
2 If , say , measles had shown such an increase , we should now be talking about a major epidemic .
3 White people who live in an area like Neasden , Dalston , wherever , should really be talking about how much Black culture influences them , instead of it being always us who have to talk about the influences of white culture on us .
4 God , I do n't know if I should even be talking about it . ’
5 ‘ Still , ’ she went on , ‘ we should n't be talking about money . ’
6 all well and good , but for twenty year , we should n't be talking about this , when I was in Ireland a couple of years ago the skew over overseer said he had to get rid of his television for the same reason , he er could n't turn it up
7 Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open .
8 He should n't be talking to a newspaper .
9 Cos I think it 's important that er the the the theatre actually talks to the people who actually use the why are you saying we should n't be talking to people then ?
10 ‘ I should n't be talking to you like this when you 're worried about your sister and I 'm only her friend . ’
11 I should n't be here , and I certainly should n't be talking to you , but I have no option . ’
12 ‘ Really , Jules , you should n't be talking like this about Monsieur , ’ Alice protested .
13 Erm , if they start to have an illness and it develops we 'll obviously be talking to their doctor , I mean if it 's apparent that they 're blind on the form , well then , obviously we would looking the amount we paid , or , or , erm , basically come to some agreement on that .
14 Kitty had that facility for slipping the knife in , even when on the surface she might only be talking about the weather .
15 Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries .
16 He 's from the Chipping Norton anti-gipsy campaign , and I 'll also be talking with Henry from Standlake about his views on gipsies out there in that village .
17 I 'll also be talking to John MacGregor , about the privatization of British Rail , has he really given in to his rebels who want B R to be able to bid for the franchises , or is it all a clever conjuring trick ?
18 However , much demolition is done on a piece work or per day basis , and you might simply be talking about the loss of a day 's work or a day or two 's profit .
19 Well we 'd rather be talking to the West Midlands , Chair rather than fighting about where it 's going throughout the whole of England , which is a slight difference , in geographical terms .
20 We 'd just be talking about maths and that 's it .
21 Other than their mutual interest in Harry , she wondered what on earth he and Miss Maynard could possibly be talking about .
22 ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’
23 So that if our speaker for example had been John from the Halifax Building Society he would only be talking about Global Investments .
24 Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’
25 If it was on , I would n't be talking like this .
26 So if we were sitting round this table in ten years time , we would actually be talking about what was commonplace , not what was coming at some distant and far off point ?
27 so you would actually be talking to economists , lawyers and accountants , and very often you had a feeling that the first time they had come together to talk to each other was when the CNAA arrived .
28 So we would essentially be talking about a phased process the more we consider .
29 We shall therefore be talking to the local chair of Friends of the Earth , whose name just escapes me a minute , yes , we shall be talking with him , thinking about a day .
30 Possibly , in some sectors and some parts of the country , though I am sure we will still be talking about unfavourable productivity and unit cost comparisons with West Germany and the US .
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