Example sentences of "talking [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Squinted at the dark shot : Lucy smiling , glass and cigarette balanced , somebody talking right to her , Lucy charming , Lucy , Jay rang the Samaritans . |
| 2 | How strange to be talking right to him , and not to feel anything . |
| 3 | She had enticed them in like an old witch , Val said , by talking volubly to them in the garden about the quietness of the place , giving them each a small , gold , furry apricot from the espaliered trees along the curving brick wall . |
| 4 | He is on his own and definitely talking aloud to himself in the privacy of his room . |
| 5 | In your do-it-yourself practice you have already been talking aloud to yourself . |
| 6 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | Once I was talking alone to Lucy in a corner , laughing together and , as I impulsively took one of her hands in both of mine , I heard a sharp cry of ‘ Lucy ! |
| 8 | This meant that he was literally talking down to him , which worked wonders for his confidence . |
| 9 | Talking down to them does n't work . |
| 10 | If people were not to assume she was talking down to them she had to speed up her presentation and tone down her air of authority . |
| 11 | He just ca n't deal with parents and adults because he 's so used to talking down to students all day . |
| 12 | Again , if you 're going to be using notes , you do n't want to be talking down to a table , so think about whether you 're s you 're going to , in your practising , are you going to let your eyes flick down to your notes that 're on the paper , on the table , or are you gon na pick them up ? |
| 13 | ‘ You 've tried everything , I suppose ? ’ he asked in barely accented , pleasant tones , and earned more of her approval that he was n't talking down to her . |
| 14 | because , you know , especially to people , and this is this is not talking down to people but er to somebody who does n't understand pensions or anything who |
| 15 | Intel Corp is said to be talking eagerly to anyone with cooling technology that could prevent its Pentiums turning personal computers into desktop microwave ovens . |
| 16 | Cathy was sitting comfortably in the kitchen , talking eagerly to Hareton . |
| 17 | He sat above Daisy , talking gently to her , as she gradually sank into the bog . |
| 18 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |
| 19 | Benjamin ignored my warnings : he went into the box , talking gently to the horse , smoothing its flanks whilst he examined its underbelly . |
| 20 | Yes that , I think that 's possibly true , er , I was talking to Cambridge there about oh fifteen , twenty minutes ago and they said it was raining with them , and then they 'd been talking over to somebody over in Coventry and it 's , it 's snowing there |
| 21 | Leading on to the second half I 'd er very quickly like to introduce you to Huw er from er one of the U K's if in fact er worldwide now leading er leading developers of of financial software , and he will be er talking to th talking through to you his experiences er in developing with . |
| 22 | I felt so ashamed because I did n't recognise her and she was sort of talking away to me as though , you know , and I thought oh very friendly person , you know ? |
| 23 | and then they went off and talking away to each other , it was , it was lovely . |
| 24 | One of the humans , the short man in the hat , was talking animatedly to two young women . |
| 25 | He saw Antony standing talking animatedly to a rather bewildered looking police constable who looked relieved to get away . |
| 26 | At the other side of the piano James Callaghan , then Prime Minister , was talking animatedly to a very distinguished-looking Admiral , while through it all the Queen and Prince Philip moved easily , chatting to their guests . |
| 27 | The night before , these three had blended together as if it was the easiest thing in the world , forming a new , three-headed animal talking comfortably to itself through Francie 's hands and Aunt Margaret 's lips and fingers and Finn 's feet . |
| 28 | erm maybe half a dozen kids doing the written work talking individually to the member of staff , so you did n't have twenty odd kids all in |
| 29 | He is talking directly to us and we do feel sick . |
| 30 | You can have the speaker in close-up , talking directly to the camera . |