Example sentences of "[adv] talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was obviously talking about her , but to whom , and why ? |
| 2 | That is , previous readers would have grasped the play in Freeman 's terms , in so far as they validly comprehended it , but they would not have been aware of so doing , meantime foolishly talking of it in irrelevant , non-explanatory , " folk " ways . |
| 3 | Well , you 're basically talking about power relationships and that goes into almost every aspect of one 's life and one 's relationship , and I suppose you 're asking men to look at themselves differently too . |
| 4 | He 's er a financial whiz kid now is n't he as well Adam Faith so talking to Dennis this afternoon on Afternoon Special . |
| 5 | She spent most of the next half hour or so talking about the extended holiday to Patagonia she was planning , in an extremely loud voice and with an enthusiasm that would probably have embarrassed the Argentinian Tourist Board . |
| 6 | Now , having started in that light , I may be going to disappoint you by saying that I 'm not in fact going to spend the next erm fifty minutes or so talking about the moral , political , philosophical implications of Darwinism . |
| 7 | ‘ Er , ’ came Angalo 's hugely amplified voice , apparently talking to someone else . |
| 8 | There was a man in a dark overcoat and gloves standing by , apparently talking to somebody just out of sight . |
| 9 | And to hear members opposite talking about the dead hand of bureaucracy and all these Tebbitite notions that oh Europe , y'know , I mean , y'know , we 're going all the way back to ancient history here . |
| 10 | photography , I personally talking to people about jobs |
| 11 | If you find yourself endlessly talking about your illness or your diet , as you may begin to do , make a big effort to occupy your mind with other things . |
| 12 | Louise , as beautiful as ever , the lines of her face almost invisible since her most recent facelift , wearing the latest sheath dress from Dior , its narrow shape flattering her slender figure , sat opposite him calmly and charmingly talking about nothing at all . |
| 13 | He is constantly talking to you about your performance , about how you are reacting , building up your confidence throughout the training session . |
| 14 | We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage . |
| 15 | Instinctively she knew that this was Stavros , the Greek man that her brothers had been constantly talking about since Anthony 's death . |
| 16 | But I could not make Adèle concentrate on her lessons because she was constantly talking about the presents Mr Rochester had promised to bring her . |
| 17 | I attended my father 's prep school where I was one of the worst-behaved pupils , constantly talking after lights-out and fooling around in class . |
| 18 | How many people who ask questions or speak at small or large gatherings are really only talking to themselves ? |
| 19 | As a feminist I did n't invert their bad habits by only talking to women — this book is about women and men , though it takes the standpoint of women as its reference point . |
| 20 | I was only talking to her yesterday , I thought you 'd come in and asked her ? |
| 21 | I he was only talking to us before you knocked on the door . |
| 22 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 23 | well I mean I 'm only trying to get you to pick to pick it up one wee thing from every time I said , do have a chat with you , that 's what we always say , I 'm not expecting you to pick up anything else I 've said to you tonight cos I 'm only talking to you in general terms , but if you pick up one wee thing , right , story close |
| 24 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 25 | I am only talking about the next hundred years , he wrote , perhaps even only the next decade . |
| 26 | I 'm only talking about this country . |
| 27 | So far , though , we are only talking about arranging a meaningful funeral service . |
| 28 | ‘ The government is very cautious — they say they are only talking about domestic accounting principles — but this is a big step forward . ’ |
| 29 | Others , did studies of ‘ youth ’ generally , but it is evident from their writing that they were really only talking about male youth . |
| 30 | Now it 's only talking about further R4000 upgrades next year . |