Example sentences of "[prep] talking to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After talking to an unco-operative debtor on the phone , or having yet another confrontation with the Sales Department , do you feel calm and relaxed ? |
| 2 | Another class , after talking to an elderly lady about life before electricity , reconstructed a kitchen range out of cardboard , and found artefacts , such as an old kettle , saucepan , wooden chair , and so on , to add to the realism . |
| 3 | ‘ We could have just announced that free tickets were available at the door but after talking to the police about it we decided that was a bad idea . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Jure Pelivan , a Croat , resigned after talking to the demonstrators , an unofficial source said . |
| 5 | After talking to the Pan Am legal team in London , I flew back to the States to be with my family , and a few weeks later , the DEA did do something more drastic . |
| 6 | He could hear Sabrina in the bar below talking to the two men . |
| 7 | The anxiety of talking to a professional should not be underestimated . |
| 8 | If you are afraid of talking to a crowd , remember that this is not a crowd of strangers , but a crowd of friends . |
| 9 | As ever , the potential gains through a properly thought-out strategy emphasise the importance of talking to a specialist independent financial adviser . |
| 10 | And the person that goes into the radio studio and thinks , ‘ I 'm talking to a hundred thousand people ’ or something like that , is doomed , because the voice and approach you use is a bit like the voice and approach I have now , I 'm sort of talking to a largish group of people . |
| 11 | Growing burrs and hooks , reaming her snaggled , sleep-starved nerves , her fretting longed for the relaxation of talking to the one person who had always taken her part : her sister . |
| 12 | Set your students the task of talking to the camera in the way a reporter or newsreader does . |
| 13 | So long as the documents have been sent to all those entitled to attend a general meeting in accordance with section 238 , it is a pointless farce to require a formal general meeting to be held in order that they may be ‘ laid ’ unless a member wants to raise questions about them at a meeting , or the auditors want to have an opportunity of talking to the members about them . |
| 14 | As well as political action , the CIOB is also in the process of talking to the main clearing banks . |
| 15 | That did it — Redford opposite me , with my track record of talking to the stars ! |
| 16 | I am in the process of talking to the education co-ordinators at the prison about getting creative writing input from inmates for the project at work = British National Corpus of Current English — as the prison has had some notable successes with inmates finding new skills and talents whilst ‘ inside ’ , even to the extent of prizes and publications , which must be a tremendous lift to their spirits . |
| 17 | ‘ There is absolutely no question of talking to the Provos by proxy , ’ he commented . |
| 18 | By the end of January Mann 's own position within the Akali Dal seemed under threat from those of his supporters unhappy with his policy of talking to the government about autonomy , as well as from the militant groups such as the AISSF whom he had failed to convince of the need to abandon the concept of a full independent state . |
| 19 | The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , K. O. P. M. Karunanidhi , was given the responsibility of talking to the various Tamil groups to persuade them to come to a peaceful settlement after the withdrawal of the IPKF . |
| 20 | It 's like talking to a brick wall ! ’ |
| 21 | It is like talking to a child . |
| 22 | They too can be helped to return to their former prowess by following a step-by-step programme that takes the patient from one simple goal , like talking to a partner without progressing to necking , to the next ( necking without petting ) , until he has the confidence and physical resources to achieve full and satisfactory penetration . |
| 23 | It was like talking to a machine . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Sometimes it is like talking to a 10 or 11-year-old . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's like talking to a robot , ’ Graham hissed then glanced at Jenkins and Laidlaw . |
| 26 | It was a little like talking to a wooden puppet . |
| 27 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |
| 28 | I was learning German and found pleasure in talking to the guards on any subject . |
| 29 | Fatally , it may also lose interest in talking to the vulgar herd outside . |
| 30 | A word of warning was however sounded by Professor John Boardman of Oxford University , in talking to The Art Newspaper , who pointed out that most kouroi are eclectic works . |