Example sentences of "and talk as " in BNC.

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1 The programmes of study give greater emphasis to oral communication , to planned cooperative work amongst pupils and to talk as a medium of learning than has perhaps generally been given in the past .
2 He had shown interest in her work and talked as if he took it seriously .
3 Jack Foley 's eyes rarely left Nan 's face , but she seemed to be unaware of this and talked as if all three of them were equal partners in the conversation .
4 He thought it best to give her a quick kiss and talk as if nothing had happened .
5 Dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful
6 They may be dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful ; worse ( < ) for mental exertions and is averse to speaking or even having company present ; too tired to communicate and not wanting to make the effort .
7 And as well as learning the job of teaching , they are learning its culture as well : how it is ‘ acceptable ’ and ‘ normal ’ to act , think , feel and talk as a teacher .
8 Yet we sit here drinking coffee and … and talking as if … ’
9 Maggie did see , and she also saw the way Candace clung to Felipe 's arm , laughing and talking as if her husband did not exist .
10 They were laughing and talking as if nobody were there at all but the two of them and she could see the source of Felipe 's annoyance .
11 At the present time , in the context of the 1980s , politicians and academic anthropologists alike usually find it expedient to write and talk as if the psychic and species unity of mankind were a self-evident axiom .
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