Example sentences of "have been talking [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him . |
| 3 | But they could 've been talking about something personal and we would 've heard everything they said . |
| 4 | A mother of triplets , who almost had one of her babies snatched by a bogus health worker , has been talking about her ordeal . |
| 5 | A sixty seven year old woman who was raped as she returned home from church on Christmas day has been talking about her horrifying ordeal . |
| 6 | THE Duchess of York has been talking about her new job roving UN ambassador to express the plight of refugees . |
| 7 | An eighty five year old man who was beaten up and robbed at knifepoint at his home has been talking about his ordeal . |
| 8 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta has been talking of her concern for the victims of Aids . |
| 9 | The Prince of Wales has been talking of his love for his country home at Highgrove in Gloucestershire . |
| 10 | Mr. Edmonds has been talking to himself for years … now everyone listens |
| 11 | It started to get out of proportion in that he , Ray has been talking to him about the impact of the summer season in Scarborough in terms of how long it takes his staff to get from A to B. |
| 12 | Neil MacDonald whose out from Oxford to visit Chile , has been talking to them and his reaction to their plight was direct . |
| 13 | ‘ I can see that your uncle has been talking to you about us , ’ Sophie said drily , ‘ but you do n't understand . |
| 14 | But like you , he has been talking to my shipping office in Monaco and learns that there has been no communication for four days . |
| 15 | Just before the start of this extract , Brenda has been talking with her friends about an incident at a party . |
| 16 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 17 | I mean , if you 'd been talking to him during the lesson he 'd say , well , if you want to talk about it , leave it till after the lesson . |
| 18 | After I 'd been talking to him about leaving . |
| 19 | And she 'd been talking to him for about half an hour and well er her son had come up |
| 20 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 21 | I 'd been talking to someone about the effects of music , cos there 's a couple of court cases going on . |
| 22 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 23 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 24 | is the knowledge that if er , we 'd been talking about them two hundred and fifty years ago we 'd be put on trial and probably burnt to death . |
| 25 | I said to I said cos he 'd they 'd been talking about me . |
| 26 | As the place was really his gig we could n't use it without him We 'd been talking about it for ages — and Bernie was always badgering us about it — but we 'd not really done anything about it . |
| 27 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 28 | ‘ No , he 'd been talking about it . |
| 29 | And I read that book and erm Marie , erm said said that they 've got new ones so that so that , excuse me , she 'd been talking about I 'd just made myself a pie I could n't eat any of it ! |
| 30 | But he might just as well have been talking to himself . |