Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Archdeacon stopped talking instantly and the Dean crossed his long legs . |
| 2 | I 've got to go listen it 's been lovely t talk to talk talking to you if you could pop in with a bottle of I wanted to try the new Beaujo If anybody 's got it and they come over , just ring the ring the door bell . |
| 3 | I was disappointed especially once the obstetrician began talking Caesareans and epidurals . |
| 4 | She reviewed for the Sunday papers and appeared on television in a programme called Talking After Hours , giving her views on art , morals , current affairs . |
| 5 | He 'd planned this summit carefully , and now the Zen of the entire thing had gone crazy , because just as Dad opened his mouth to start talking blood had started to drip into my lap from my nose as a result of Charlie chucking me into his drum-kit . |
| 6 | Will he confirm that not only has British Telecom invested — this is what the Opposition keep talking about — £20,000 million in new technology , but it has contributed no less than £1,000 million in corporation tax to the Exchequer ? |
| 7 | A boy began talking with me . |
| 8 | Parent began talking to parent . |
| 9 | there 's one for you same as Nicky I 've got , here are , there 's another one , different one to that , there 's Nicola 's , leave 'em there I have n't got a Diana , the Queen Mother and the Queen left talking about my girl , my girl |
| 10 | After a period spent talking about the Legion and what we thought it was going to be like , he turned to me , shook my hand and wished me good luck . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Scooper 's blind 83-year-old mother , Henny , whose cancerous breast parallels Scooper 's atrophied heart , is in a hospital bed , facing an appalling future ( she has cheated death by her refusal to stop talking ) but still struggling to get across her philosophy : do n't worry about being healthy — just live ! |
| 12 | Peter M. began talking about farm animals . |
| 13 | Smiling politely , Gina seated herself , seizing the chance to continue talking about art . |
| 14 | When Mr Shamir 's government fell apart , it was closer than ever before to accepting the American terms for talks with the Palestinians , even though in the end Mr Shamir proved too much of a hawk to start talking . |
| 15 | Felix 's wife started talking about poetry , which she wrote , while Felix shouted about his last visit to Castro . |
| 16 | Toby Weaver , Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education and Science and a merciless private critic of successive Ministers , found in him ‘ the first person to stop talking about comprehensive reorganisation and to do something about it ’ . |
| 17 | The scullion on the draining board started talking again . |
| 18 | Thus , this " think-tank " at the Air Ministry started talking about a target finding element which evolved into a target marking force and , ultimately , the Pathfinder Force ( PFF ) . |
| 19 | I knew I 'd have to sit on my hands before I came here , but what if some sex offender starts talking about this or that ? |
| 20 | The two claimed they were engaged , since an lranian woman caught talking to a man not related to her by blood or marriage is considered a prostitute . |
| 21 | When his father began talking again , a little irritated frown wrinkled his smooth young brow , but although he made a great play of concentrating fiercely on his reading , he still listened carefully from behind the book to what was being said . |
| 22 | It was n't frowned upon for a woman to start talking loud and making a fool of herself . |
| 23 | My father liked talking about them . |
| 24 | As they approached the gates , their guide continued talking , but his voice was now meant to be heard . |
| 25 | ‘ The Government keeps talking about growth , and now they must actually do something . ’ |
| 26 | People in the theatre began talking loudly , and after half an hour Lord Henry stood up and put on his coat . |
| 27 | ‘ Go on , ’ said Jack , desperate for the old man to keep talking . |
| 28 | No-one is ever going to listen to us and our appeal to the Government to start talking . ’ |
| 29 | He had the wit to keep talking . |
| 30 | Interesting though it may be to learn that there is a narrative-discourse-paragraph-introductory-particle in Huichol or Shipibo , it becomes decidedly less interesting when one discovers that the identification of the significance of these particles depends on a prior identification of the paragraph as a unit in which ‘ the speaker continues talking about the same thing ’ ( Grimes , 1975 : 103 ) . |