Example sentences of "[vb -s] talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then suddenly from the other end there 's this like , cos we , it 's like a big room , it 's the other end of the room all the dealers there , and er anyway and er and suddenly I hear , and then someone 's like saying talking , they 're all , somebody 's like mi microphone and starts talking to them about er what 's happening in the market , things like that blah blah blah blah blah , and this means blah blah blah blah so watch out for blah blah blah and I thought it 's like living in a different world , it 's amazing . |
| 2 | Everyone starts talking at once — some of them shouting and others just laughing . |
| 3 | But Svidrigailov ignores the question and starts talking about politics . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyone who starts talking about reviewing territorial frontiers is consciously moving towards confrontation , and incidentally , not only with local significance , ’ he warned . |
| 5 | If she starts talking about sexual matters they may jump in hastily , saying , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ without explaining why they are disturbed by what she has said . |
| 6 | ‘ So if somebody starts talking about racism when they see our work , that 's very good . |
| 7 | These are passages where the author suddenly starts talking about what ‘ we did ’ . |
| 8 | When Pino starts talking about his ideal woman we know we 're more likely in a fantasy land than a green ginger one . ’ |
| 9 | We 've got to keep him quiet before he starts talking about us to his new friends . ’ |
| 10 | If anyone starts talking about sex or looking at the Indian women , someone always says , ‘ Riddled with diseases I 'm sure . ’ |
| 11 | Erm at the bottom of the page then , George starts talking about Martha , Martha 's father and it gets very funny this bit , very naughty . |
| 12 | He then starts talking about Martha 's father , who was not going to die apparently . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Having apparently made a good case ( to wit , the UK now spends nearly two per cent less per head on education than in 1980 ) it starts talking about education . |
| 15 | WHEN THE PLANT OPERATOR STARTS talking about ‘ zero defects ’ , the price of non-conformance' and ‘ corrective action teams . ’ |
| 16 | Soon as soon as he starts talking about cars yap yap yap yap yap yap he does n't stop . |
| 17 | When we go to see if the bathroom is free , a young guy I ai n't seen before starts talking in the corridor . |
| 18 | She loves talking to people , and keeping in touch with what is going on in their lives . |
| 19 | Where the caring takes place will often decide who does the bulk of the task anyway , and this is a crucial decision which needs talking about well in advance , particularly where ageing parents are concerned . |
| 20 | McDunn stands talking to some heavily brassed uniformed cops on the steps of the front door . |
| 21 | Macho man usually prefers talking to his own sex because it 's safer , and he 's more interested in proving he 's as ‘ male ’ as his peer group than in entering a relationship which requires an ability to give , to love , to be tender . |
| 22 | He keeps talking about keeping faith with our ‘ traditional ’ market ! |
| 23 | ‘ The Government keeps talking about growth , and now they must actually do something . ’ |
| 24 | He represents the past and he keeps talking about history because he is history and I said that he 's he represents old fashioned moral values . |
| 25 | ‘ Everyone keeps talking about Graham Taylor but we 're all in this together . |
| 26 | You keep er , the way he se keeps talking about him like you used |
| 27 | But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . " |
| 28 | When he accidentally gets talking to women who have children , it 's practically the first question he asks them — it 's the first test they face . |
| 29 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 30 | If you are someone who finds talking about sex or AIDS difficult or embarrassing , you may find yourself concentrating on the facts , rather than on feelings . |