Example sentences of "the [noun] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stella stood in the middle of the field talking to the only chap properly attired in shorts and jersey . |
| 2 | Nahum was in the kitchen talking to Carrie . |
| 3 | One saw the driver talking to and touching Mrs Wilks at the emergency telephone box , the silver car parked near by . |
| 4 | So that when one entered one would find the pictures talking to each other and you would enter and listen . |
| 5 | She turned and looked towards Nigger , who was standing in the doorway talking to one of the locals he knew . |
| 6 | I need the waves talking to me . |
| 7 | However , Roel Pieper , chief executive officer of USL , speaking at the AUUG'92 conference in Sydney two weeks ago , was enthusiastically doing the rounds talking to prospective candidates . |
| 8 | ‘ The girl talking to us . ’ |
| 9 | We 've got our own trained police negotiators there at the scene talking to him , and also we have a doctor and a psychiatrist standing by for any assistance they can give us . |
| 10 | He spotted Billy lounging against the far corner of the bar talking to Sooty Hill the joker . |
| 11 | He said that he had been in a corner of the bar talking to the landlord and friends during the time that the incident took place . |
| 12 | The match got under way and , in our earpieces back in London , we could hear the director talking to the cameramen out in Ballarat . |
| 13 | Before I even had a chance to talk to him he was all round the shop talking to everyone . |
| 14 | Sure , then I would not have to stand in the rain talking to you ’ — PHIL DANAHER ( Ireland 's injured skipper ) talking to a radio commentator on the Athletic Park ( Wellington ) sidelines before Ireland lost the Second Test against New Zealand ( 59–6 ) . |
| 15 | Many companies , using only the most casual euphemisms , offer these services , so we spent a day on the phone talking to detective agencies listed in Yellow Pages , asking them what they had to offer . |
| 16 | So a language all of her own when she 's on the phone talking to us . |
| 17 | He could hear Mrs Hogan in the distance talking to someone . |
| 18 | To her relief , although it was very faint , she found a pulse , and quickly she loosened his tie , unbuttoned his shirt and somehow manoeuvred him into a better position , all the while talking to him , reassuring him , telling him he was safe . |
| 19 | He had spent most of the day talking to the people of the exiled Court and had made copious notes . |
| 20 | Outside the farm , I could see the unmistakable figure of Lord Lovat standing on the grass talking to two other senior Officers . |
| 21 | If Bourke recorded some of these conversations with Blake in October he would have had to take a battery-operated audio recorder with him across the common , as well as the two-way radio , and link the two together while lying in the grass talking to Blake . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's vital that the people making those decisions are in touch with the grass roots of the sport — that they are out there on the ground talking to athletes and coaches , attending races and letting it be known what they are doing . |
| 23 | Now he is confined to 125cc racing and this restriction was never more evident than at Carrowdore when he won the 125cc class which was the first race on the card and then spent the rest of the day on the sidelines talking to anyone who might listen to him — myself included . |
| 24 | A young man in his twenties , with short cropped hair and glasses was sitting behind the netting talking to him . |
| 25 | There was an old man in his seventies leaning against the counter talking to a woman behind who was even older . |
| 26 | Also included is a portrait of the owner talking to Shakespeare and a reference to his successful tyre replacement business , with a wheel from a Roman Chariot under repair . |
| 27 | She remembered coming back into the office after spending the morning talking to a woman who had started her own cosmetics business in her kitchen , and the pink message slip on her desk , saying that Matthew Prescott had called her . |
| 28 | The way he moves freely from the Pip talking to Magwitch on his death bed , |
| 29 | Lily , half listening to the woman talking to her , watched Lionel . |
| 30 | One day Howard came on the set and Brando was down the beach talking to a pretty girl . |