Example sentences of "talk [pron] out of " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , we 'll give it another day or two , but I 'm seeing you back home now , and do n't try to talk me out of it . |
| 2 | Then she tried to talk me out of leaving — laid on the flattery with a trowel . ’ |
| 3 | You usually do your darnedest to talk me out of getting involved in this sort of thing . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , do n't think you 're going to talk me out of having it out with her . |
| 5 | They will need to have the skills to talk someone out of another pair of loopstitch socks or convince a lost soul that a key-ring with a thermometer measuring wind-chill factor is not going to change their lives . |
| 6 | ‘ Having a good cry ’ , especially while being held by someone who is not trying to talk you out of it , is good , provided doing so does not seriously breach further injunctions about being ‘ feeble ’ and ‘ out of control ’ . |
| 7 | I tried to talk you out of it but nothing worked . |
| 8 | I 'm not trying to talk you out of anything . ’ |
| 9 | Damn it , I do n't know why I 'm trying to talk you out of it . |
| 10 | They 'll only try to talk you out of going to Czechoslovakia to do this job for me — you know what they 're like . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll only need them for your school work , ’ her mother reassured her , also trying to talk herself out of her own dismay . |
| 12 | With a sigh , she rolled over and floated on her back for a bit and did her best to talk herself out of her feelings for Guido . |
| 13 | Our attempts to talk him out of this merely provoked his scorn . |
| 14 | The band and crew have a month to talk him out of it . |
| 15 | Try to talk him out of it , like ? " |
| 16 | If Fiver 's horrors had kept him above ground all night in the rain , oblivious of cold and prowling elil , then clearly it was not going to he easy to talk him out of them . |
| 17 | Bob tried to talk him out of it when they were on their own , at the sandwich bar in the Gates . |
| 18 | When Maxim had gone , Agnes said : ‘ You did n't even try to talk him out of it . ’ |
| 19 | I ca n't be bothered trying to talk him out of taking drugs cos it wo n't work . |
| 20 | Paula might look as if butter would n't melt in her mouth but when her mind was made up to something it took a stronger woman than Grace to talk her out of it . |
| 21 | She would have told Jacob about her new purpose , but she knew he would see it as another sign of her raving , a sign of some new imbalance , and would try to search for causes , try to talk her out of it . |
| 22 | Keep a watch on how much your daughter eats but do n't try to talk her out of dieting altogether — that 's a surefire way to set up a conflict , which will only make the problem worse . |
| 23 | ‘ I managed to talk her out of her mission of mercy , ’ André replied , grinning warmly at Alyssia . |
| 24 | Najma 's family tried to talk her out of a singing career as not quite suitable for a good Muslim girl , but she persevered and in 1984 won Britain 's Asian song contest on her first public appearance . |
| 25 | It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon . |
| 26 | See the thing is , what they 've said to me , because I 've been away now for nearly two years erm I 'd have to go back and do all the training again , which is a bit of a pain but its not too bad because I 've done it before sort of thing , she said to me oh yeah when you go I , I might come along and see if I like it , and we can do the training together she said , I manage to put her off that idea , manage to talk her out of that . |
| 27 | No we tried to talk her out of . |
| 28 | Shit , I 'm trying to talk myself out of it , it 's just when I see her … ’ |
| 29 | He had talked himself out of his proposition already ! |
| 30 | He 'd talked himself out of nothing . |