Example sentences of "on talking [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Despite the piece of paper he was waving this week , committing nine of the 15 republics to keep on talking about the preservation of the union , he has lost the confidence of much of the Communist Party he leads and of the parliament that elected him president . |
2 | she did she went on talking through the letter box to them |
3 | She ai n't looking at it — she 's carrying on talking to the man , but she keeps twisting the neck of this white duck . |
4 | A good-natured sandy-haired man , he welcomed me into his car with a smile , and then went on talking to the family sitting in the back , a young couple with a baby . |
5 | Whereas the speaker is under considerable pressure to keep on talking during the period allotted to him , the writer is characteristically under no such pressure . |