Example sentences of "[pron] talk to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I talk to people about how best to protect themselves from attack I always tell them that if they can turn that surprise back on to the attacker they have a better chance of making an escape . |
| 2 | Well I 'm not sure I mean it 's interest I mean the the Council erm with another the Council looked upon attendances of the things Council do and many people who use the facilities in Harlow will argue we do n't get anything like this where we live and we always find it like that you know it 's that sort of mentality where people in Harlow may or may not say well course you get it in Harlow we expect it it 's just there it just saves we know it 's getting them people to use it but I talk to people I 'm sure people who live in Harlow or the Council to people and Harlow people tend to think well yes yes it 's all with always it 's always there . |
| 3 | Do you find it difficult , I mean I , I , I talk to people who erm work with , you know , Relate , marriage guidance and they find it quite difficult not to be able to bring their christian faith in when they are sort of counselling people . |
| 4 | I think a point that comes over very much is the one about the structure and when I talk to people and listen to what they say , they 're still in the very traditional |
| 5 | But where they 've gone on to have parish councils , you 've had the typical triangular structure and when I talk to people and listen to what they say , they , they do n't express it to me as such , but the felling you get over is that 's the sort of structure they 're used to , because the structure of the church is built in anyway , and the whole structure of the church |
| 6 | ‘ When the record company first asked me to talk to people , I just did . |
| 7 | When I wanted publicity for a young persons ' trip to London , arranged to allow them to talk to MPs of all parties , your paper did not publish the Press release . |
| 8 | I want you to talk to people . ’ |
| 9 | People are very understanding and really if you talk to people and have an interesting time , it takes your mind off yourself . |
| 10 | Unless you talk to people regularly you ca n't claim to be in touch with what they are thinking . ’ |
| 11 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 12 | For many of you , giving a talk may be a nerve-wracking experience and yet you talk to people quite naturally every day of your life . |
| 13 | If you compare it with other departments , if you talk to people who do English and stuff , and they know all their tutors by their first names ; I mean , it 's nothing like that here , it 's all Dr So-and-So — I mean , half the lecturers , I did n't even know what their second names were , let alone their first names — maybe that 's just a result of physics , nothing to do with them . |
| 14 | But er , I never heard of them if they did and er , I mean I , I used to involve meself not in politics or anything like that is the last thing I ever thought of involving meself in but er , I did er , sort er , well being on the milk round you used to see the people in , because they come to door to bring a jug you see and you , you talk to people and you know they were , er were sensible and they were , were should I say soft or had no er conversation at all like , you know . |
| 15 | You 've had your heart attack , you 've been out of action for three months and yet , when you talk to people , when the pollsters go out with their clipboards , they say , Who do you think is most likely apart from the Prime Minister , to lead the Tory party ? |
| 16 | But you talk to people with the fervour of what you want to tell them . |
| 17 | If you talk to people in the street the majority of people who have young children are certainly saying we need day care , we need opportunities for ourselves erm and are quite prepared , some of them at any rate , to go and say that to their local councillors and to write to their M Ps . |
| 18 | She talked to people involved in her care , and it was decided that because she was becoming weak , she would be admitted to her local hospital . |
| 19 | Why do n't you talk to people in the streets , you 're the parcels man ai n't you ? |
| 20 | If we talk to people only enough to get the job done , we miss out on the added pleasure we can get from developing relationships at work . |
| 21 | And when you see her talking to people you wonder what they can be talking about . |
| 22 | Occasionally , he talks to people who enter the mountain , though at other times he can be encountered outside . |
| 23 | He eats properly ; he exercises regularly ; he reads the occasional book ; he talks to people regularly and listens ; he thinks ; he goes home and forgets about work problems all things that lesser mortals sacrifice when under stress . |
| 24 | where he talks to people about setting up his business is a legitimate thing to record . |
| 25 | It 's just that when he talks to people he gets a bit frightened . |
| 26 | Erm I 'd prefer to give a definition , rather than a list , so something like any situation where you find yourself talking to people . |