Example sentences of "he [vb past] be talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , he 'd been talking about it . |
| 2 | Now was obviously not the time to confront Feargal and ask what the devil he 'd been talking about . |
| 3 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 4 | Leaving whoever it was he 'd been talking to , he started towards her . |
| 5 | For a long moment their glances clashed like swords , then there was a shout behind her , and she turned to see the two men he 'd been talking to and a short stout woman in a dark overall running towards them . |
| 6 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 7 | Of course , he 'd been talking to Maria Luisa ; he had nothing to say to Steve . |
| 8 | He 'd been talking to these erm Greek blokes and they invited him into this bar for erm |
| 9 | And one of the oil men to whom he had been talking at that seminar in Florence had told him that the Chinese enterprise zone ( Shenzhen ) , just over the border from Hong Kong , was still working . |
| 10 | He had spent most of the morning frowning , except when he had been talking to Sir William Paice and others . |
| 11 | He had been talking to a tall girl with white-blonde hair , but suddenly he turned his head slightly and looked straight at Maria , and every muscle in her body clenched in furious , shocked resistance . |
| 12 | He had been talking about giving up and concentrating his efforts entirely on writing and directing and , like the discovery of another little nugget , was spurred on by reaction to The Trip which , in spite of a critical mauling on the grounds of promoting drug abuse , was still seen as a gifted piece of writing . |
| 13 | Should she try and get him back again or buy a newspaper first and try to find out what in the world he had been talking about ? |
| 14 | Hope smiled to himself : the smile broadened , and to disguise his true feelings he turned the smile on Mr Crump ; who was greatly encouraged as he had been talking about the slave trade on which much of his father 's great founding fortune had been based . |
| 15 | Because there was no doubt in her mind that he had been talking from personal experience . |
| 16 | While he had been talking like an estate agent , getting his full value out of the situation , the full embarrassment of it had been dawning on Jenna . |