Example sentences of "[subord] talking to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the outpatient department that many people feel particularly vulnerable as they wait in a cubicle , wearing paper gowns with no idea of what is happening , as staff rush around self-consciously doing more important things than talking to a patient . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's got a knife ! ’ said Gazzer again , slowly this time , as if talking to a child . |
| 3 | That 's the raised rim around the hatch that keeps the water out , ’ he explained as if talking to a three-year-old . |
| 4 | ‘ So we can go for a Big Mac , ’ she said as if talking to an infant . |
| 5 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 6 | The felt need to get the cleaning done conflicts with the desire to be sociable ; one can iron , or perhaps cook , while talking to a friend or neighbour , but one can not wield a vacuum cleaner and carry on a conversation at the same time . |
| 7 | The Director of Public Prosecutions , Sir Allan Green , resigned on Oct. 3 after he had been stopped by police while talking to a prostitute in a London " red-light " district . |
| 8 | Ever since childhood , while talking to the very old , she had been frightened by visions of herself attacking , hitting , assaulting , knocking off their glasses . |
| 9 | He said it slowly as though talking to a child . |
| 10 | The Inspector stressed the word ‘ bright ’ as though talking to a ten-year-old with limited vocabulary . |
| 11 | ‘ The mandatory love-scene , ’ she explained , as though talking to a half-wit . |
| 12 | TRYING to talk to civil servants was as hard as talking to the man from Reader 's Digest ( see above ) . |
| 13 | The rumours were further fuelled by a general statement Conran had previously made about the responsibilities of a group chairman when talking to a journalist . |
| 14 | ‘ Out Patients and the General Theatre , Sister , ’ I replied , resisting the urge to salute by holding my hands more tightly behind my back in the correct position for any Benedict 's nurse when talking to a senior . |
| 15 | Erm and this is the reason why I brought this tape recorder , and I was saying to Bernard a moment ago , one of the most embarrassing things that can happen erm when talking to a group like this is when you pressed a button er whether it 's a , a tape recorder a video machine or whatever , you pressed a button full of confidence in all the latest technology and there 's an embarrassing silence . |
| 16 | But when talking to a different audience at a different time , the Labour party poses as the green party , committing itself to the tough and demanding target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 17 | John was as diplomatic as Mary when talking to the press . |
| 18 | Japanese magazines have picked over the details of the imperial engagement , including the less flattering ones : Miss Owada 's creased kimono , her unsuitable confidence when talking to the press . |
| 19 | Some Libyans were afraid of secret police , and took precautions when criticizing the government in private conversation , for example when talking to an anthropologist . |