Example sentences of "they [be] talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are talking about buying , he said . |
| 2 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 3 | The muddle that these two uses of the word cause is in part Marx 's and Engels 's fault because when they are talking about society based on communal property , that is , before false consciousness arises , they mean by ideology the total process of cognition including language , political ideas , social rules , etc. , but when they are talking of class society where false consciousness is present they seem to mean by ideology something much more restricted : moral , political , and religious ideas and values . |
| 4 | Football was used as a way of encouraging working people to buy or hire televisions in the 1950s with the slogan ‘ When they are talking about the big match on TV will you have to remain silent ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They are dedicated people who clearly know what they are talking about and have guided us through it . |
| 6 | For the concerned public to have any confidence that they can succeed , these bodies will need both governing councils and senior management who know what they are talking about , and show genuine commitment to conservation goals . |
| 7 | I do not understand what they are talking about , and I do not have the knowledge to take up their suggestions . |
| 8 | Buying privately you can pick up some excellent equipment , but it is best to obtain some independent advice from someone who knows what they are talking about . |
| 9 | In the heat of debate , when one side may accuse the other of not knowing what they are talking about , both sides will still assume they are talking about the same thing . |
| 10 | In the heat of debate , when one side may accuse the other of not knowing what they are talking about , both sides will still assume they are talking about the same thing . |
| 11 | They may have many detailed conversations without realizing that each has attributed a different meaning to the ‘ it ’ or the ‘ that ’ they are talking about . |
| 12 | I still write Upholland as one word because I have never heard anyone say ‘ uffolstery ’ when they are talking about furniture . |
| 13 | They are not the only people who know what they are talking about when it comes to children and education . |
| 14 | The appointment of Mr Stevens was a classic case of promoting a man beyond his level of competence and could not have happened if there had not been deep distrust in official circles of people who know what they are talking about . |
| 15 | One possible interpretation is that , since they are talking about different historical periods , the nature of family relationships in Lancashire had actually changed between the middle of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth ( Lewis , 1984 , p. 54 ) . |
| 16 | The experts seem to be romancing about figments of their imagination ; he can see nothing that they are talking about . |
| 17 | They call me that , she thought , when they are talking about me , for they talk about me a great deal even when I am there . |
| 18 | It all depends on who the heads belong to , what they are talking about and whether we in the audience have a reason for listening to them . |
| 19 | They have demonstrated publicly , through close scrutiny by their peers , that they know what they are talking about . |
| 20 | The Great Britain team were represented by Brown/Jackson/Thorogood/Williams who took a clear win , showing that they know what they are talking about but ca n't get the message across ! |
| 21 | They are talking about the dog , an easy topic . |
| 22 | With output in the construction industry falling to its lowest level for six years and the industry predicting a further 50,000 job losses this year , when will the Secretary of State stop his policy paralysis and start listening to people in industry who know what they are talking about ? |
| 23 | They are talking about investment programmes costing hundreds of millions of pounds , compared with salaries in six figures , not seven or eight figures . |
| 24 | ‘ All the time they are talking about how they can boost their goals tally . |
| 25 | Well it 's very , they are talking about er other issues up to they are talking about the workforce and of the erm the the report from the and er it seems that they do n't really want much to programme forward which I have put for next year very structural maintenance of the and I what the services are actually doing , they have lost council probably say that they are out of control . |
| 26 | Well it 's very , they are talking about er other issues up to they are talking about the workforce and of the erm the the report from the and er it seems that they do n't really want much to programme forward which I have put for next year very structural maintenance of the and I what the services are actually doing , they have lost council probably say that they are out of control . |
| 27 | I am sure that an America would love that but it may not you know , to an English audience because er we might not be sure what they are talking about . |
| 28 | The carrot would be much better Park and Ride , which is what they are talking about . |
| 29 | Because if , on matters seemingly of great importance for mankind , different people can entertain with great conviction radically conflicting beliefs , it strongly suggests that nobody really knows what they are talking about , and that the confidence of all of them is misplaced , and perhaps that nobody knows upon what general principles one ought to settle questions of these kinds . |
| 30 | The muddle that these two uses of the word cause is in part Marx 's and Engels 's fault because when they are talking about society based on communal property , that is , before false consciousness arises , they mean by ideology the total process of cognition including language , political ideas , social rules , etc. , but when they are talking of class society where false consciousness is present they seem to mean by ideology something much more restricted : moral , political , and religious ideas and values . |