Example sentences of "been [adj] talk [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this age of the telephone you might think it 's never been easier to talk to someone who 's not nearby . |
| 2 | It had been her own fault , in a way : she had been reluctant to talk about it in front of Francis . |
| 3 | He was concentrating furiously now , for , he thought , if I know of these places , then surely it must be because people have been able to talk of them . |
| 4 | Stephen had never been able to talk to her about her relationship with the great novelist . |
| 5 | On Starr Hills , she 'd been able to talk to him ; but she did n't think she could now . |
| 6 | first time you 've been able to talk to him properly . |
| 7 | Both parents had come to the open evening and she had been able to talk to them . |
| 8 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
| 9 | She had never been able to talk about her fears with any of her friends . |
| 10 | I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human . |
| 11 | Neither father and mother , nor sister , had ever been able to talk about it , either between themselves or with outsiders . |