He started several topics of conversation, but he could get little out of her, and he remembered with irritation that he had seen her talking
nineteen to the dozen and laughing with the German.
Of Human Bondage
Princess Mary will take her there and show her over, and they'll talk
nineteen to the dozen. That's their woman's way!
War and Peace
"She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more'n I gave her leave to; and now she's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew,
nineteen to the dozen, when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work.
Anne Of Green Gables
You may talk
nineteen to the dozen -- I shall write to my friend and say Yes, in Frank's interests, by to-day's post."
No Name
Yolland talking
nineteen to the dozen, and placing the most entire confidence in him.
The Moonstone
You talked
nineteen to the dozen, I suppose, just as usual."
The Woman in White
He talks
nineteen to the dozen about his priorities for the company - the success of which he acknowledges is reliant on him achieving "complete alignment" and understanding of his vision across the organisation.
CEO Interview: Viceroy\\ s Bill Walshe
After a stroll around a deserted deck, I joined a gaggle of cruise enthusiasts for pre-dinner cocktails, all gabbling
nineteen to the dozen while a pianist tinkled the ivories on a white grand piano.
CRUISE CONTROL; On a voyage to the historic cities of Rouen and Bruges, cut-price cruiser JEREMY GATES finds plenty to keep him entertained ..
Rem is talking
nineteen to the dozen between mouthfuls of pizza (I am making do with spaghetti with clams) and sips of mineral water.
A pizza with Rem Koolhaas, the Lion of Venice
I love chatting
nineteen to the dozen to friends but dread the rumbling wrath of my husband, eyes watering as he scrutinises our latest bill.
More or bore
I'd listen at the door occasionally to make sure they were behaving but all I'd hear was them all talking
nineteen to the dozen and laughing - they were always laughing.
I often think; WALES
In the balmy heat of an Ontario evening, Rick and Fran tell me that their assembled gathering were enjoying listening to Herbert and my Liver Birds chatting
nineteen to the dozen as usual about life, love and laughter.
Prince of Perms clears up 48-year-old mystery; A real voice of Merseyside
In he goes, head held high and lips drawn back in a toothy grin, moving as serenely as a swan on the surface and legs milling away
nineteen to the dozen beneath.
The Ashley Brook Report: He does 15 lengths and is br eathing no more deeply than when he st ar ted - hes pr et ty fit; Steve Dennis watches Britain's highest-rated two-mile chaser go in at the deep end in the build-up to Saturday's Tingle Creek Trophy
Famed for her honesty, she chats away
nineteen to the dozen, always frank and funny, and with no subjects off limits I apart from when it comes to her new boyfriend.
Interview: OAFTER ALL THE KNOCKS I I STILL BELIEVE IN LOVEO; Denise Van Outen, 31, talks about her strange behaviour with David Walliams, her role in Where The Heart Is and why sheOll never give up on romance..
On the plus side, the conversation never flags and we chat away
nineteen to the dozen. All the signs are good!
Can you find love in a month?; THE DIARY OF A DESPERATE DASH TO FIND MR RIGHT