Example sentences of "[indef pn] was talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone was talking about the accident last night in the saloon — word soon gets round on the Island . |
| 2 | I s I heard something about somebody was talking to me about it a little while ago . |
| 3 | Somebody was talking about that . |
| 4 | So I said ‘ Well , there 's no need to be frightened of him , he would n't touch you ’ , but you see then somebody was talking to me on the phone last night and said the same thing ‘ We do n't come any more to say prayers as we go through the churchyard because we 're frightened ’ . |
| 5 | The worst thing of all was that no one was talking . |
| 6 | One was talking in Arabic . |
| 7 | I mean if one was talking about great tits in China , you 'd have to say there are two kinds of great tits . |
| 8 | Did n't know what anybody was talking about ! |
| 9 | Everybody was talking about the skinny blond guy he lived with . |
| 10 | Equally naturally , by lunch break everybody was talking about it . |
| 11 | Everybody was talking about Christopher Columbus in 1992 , 500 years after his epic voyages . |
| 12 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 13 | Cos everybody was talking . |
| 14 | Chatterton pulled their legs slightly and said they had better be careful not to get on the wrong side of you again and Glastonbury did n't know what the hell anyone was talking about . |
| 15 | At work everyone was talking about the television dramatization of the Jack the Ripper story . |
| 16 | With a backbone of electrification , traffic rising and the prospect of the Channel Tunnel , everyone was talking about the railways . |
| 17 | I think the final Ziggy Stardust tour was in England — that was the big tour — and by the time we returned , everyone was talking about it because Ziggy Stardust was a really good show . |
| 18 | Suddenly everyone was talking about One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest and a copy passed from hand to hand . |
| 19 | At the warning wire everyone was talking at once . |
| 20 | Everyone was talking at once . |
| 21 | Henry thought that he would probably have Camilla tonight , or maybe Tavic , the black society sculptor everyone was talking about or , hey , maybe both . |
| 22 | Snapping open her eyes , she realized that everyone was staring at her , everyone was talking about her , everyone knew that she was about to — |
| 23 | Keeper Jon Hallworth , beaten by Richard Hall 's header , said : ‘ Earlier in the season everyone was talking about us scoring loads of goals and letting in as many . |
| 24 | Everyone was talking at once . |
| 25 | He was the man everyone was talking about . |
| 26 | Everyone was talking , reminiscing , laughing . |
| 27 | Suddenly , everyone was talking about Syria and Iran — which country had more power over the hostage-takers , which was leaning more to the West . |
| 28 | But suddenly in September everyone was talking about war . |
| 29 | Soon , everyone was talking away like mad . |
| 30 | A band was playing and everyone was talking at increased volume to make themselves heard above it . |