Example sentences of "be [verb] talking to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’ |
| 2 | He 's just as likely to be found talking to a six-strong student society in Bangor as addressing 500 top Earth scientists in Washington ; he will have a drink with ( and on ) me just as readily ( or so he makes it appear ) as he will have lunch with ( and no doubt on ) the director of the US National Science Foundation ; if he 's not corresponding with some editor over some esoteric point of science , he 's trying to persuade the high-ups at the European Space Agency to do something adventurous in planetology for a change . |
| 3 | In Birmingham , Alabama , you could be banished from the city for being seen talking to a Communist , which was held to be committing a public nuisance . |
| 4 | She was seen talking to a man outside the house by a neighbour at 1pm , then vanished without trace . |
| 5 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 6 | The fifteen year old was seen talking to the attacker at the Glue Pot pub in Swindon . |
| 7 | He was sitting talking to a middle-aged , bearded man dressed in a curiously outdated suit which he was wearing shirtless , over a vest . |
| 8 | I was sitting talking to the skipper in his cabin when we heard the wheel go hard over . |
| 9 | The disc-jockey put on Earth , Wind and Fire and Olivia was whisked away by a young columnist from Amritsar ; I was left talking to a rather bulbous Congress MP . |
| 10 | De Villiers was left talking to the air , a very thoughtful look on his face as he leaned against the doorway and watched fitzAlan stride across the bailey , towing Isabel behind him . |
| 11 | Art raised his eyes to the receiving desk , she was standing she was standing talking to a young man . |
| 12 | Busacher stared across the room to where Madge was standing talking to the two committee men and the Easter egg . |