Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [am/are] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | well er , I 'm , excuse me David I 'm talking to Chris . |
| 2 | Er it sort of goes in four ways I mean the fathers talk more directly than the mothers whether or not it 's a boy or a girl they 're talking to . |
| 3 | This is George Roxborough of expense account fame I 'm talking to ? |
| 4 | ‘ At the moment we are talking to TV , radio and even some promoters in the States about us doing work there . ’ |
| 5 | My order will not succeed as an order unless the person I am talking to is obliged to clean their boots ( condition 3 ) , and I have the right and the power to make them do so ( condition 4 ) . |
| 6 | I just try to make sure I look at the person I 'm talking to , and show them I 'm interested . |
| 7 | Yes , I 'm the brick wall you 're talking to . |
| 8 | They might only be minor , but to the person you 're talking to it 's a major decision . |
| 9 | There 's only if the person you 're talking to thinks you do n't care , well I mean they 're not you know they 're not going to think very much of you are they ? |
| 10 | Finally , it helps if you like the person you are talking to . |
| 11 | It 's faster , more revealing , gives you a feel for the person you are talking to and the chance to encourage off-the-record remarks . |
| 12 | This is readily demonstrated by asking him to close his eyes and answer questions such as ‘ is there a picture on the wall on the left ? ’ or ‘ what colour are the eyes of the person you are talking to ? ’ |
| 13 | Look at person you are talking to . |
| 14 | Again this is a common and ‘ normal ’ reaction , but many people feel so ashamed of thoughts like these that they hardly dare express them unless they feel safe enough to do so and trust the person they are talking to sufficiently for such a revelation to seem acceptable . |
| 15 | Lots of people turn off as soon as the person they 're talking to reveals an interest in or opinion on something they dislike or disagree with . |
| 16 | Turn your back they 're talking to you say they 've been nasty and then they come back and talk to you . |
| 17 | Phone her up and think that 's not Vera I 'm talking to . |
| 18 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
| 19 | It 's like just ticking them off , and surprisingly all this knowledge will build up inside you until eventually you know what you 're talking about and once you know what you 're talking about it breeds confidence , and once you 're confident , it transmits itself to the people you 're talking to , and they like it , because you know what you 're talking about , and that leads to sales . |
| 20 | Er and then to contrast this you 've got like the feminist view er well it 's a just reconstruct a lot of these ideas instead of saying that women 's talk was diffident they said it was more considerate , and so the idea that quite often A lot of the features that are in this conversation are n't because women want to be deferential to the men they 're talking to , it 's that they actually want to show some consideration to the turn-taking or the conversational style that 's going on . |
| 21 | Alex erm , Alex I 'm talking to you |
| 22 | I do n't , I do n't appreciate the way you 're talking to me ! |
| 23 | What you got to do in that context is forget all the equipment , all the rest of it , try and focus on the chap you 're talking to in the studio , and just have a conversation with him . |