Example sentences of "was [adj] to talk [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rabin had said he was willing to talk to the kidnappers — demanding the release of Sheik Ahmed Yassin — if he received proof Toledano was alive . |
| 2 | On May 1 it had been reported that the Colombian government was willing to talk with the guerrillas , after three representatives of the two groups within the CNGSB ( the FARC and the ELN — see p. 38001 ) had occupied the Venezuelan embassy in Bogotá seeking diplomatic asylum . |
| 3 | Mr. Kent replied that the nurse was wrong to talk about the staff improving the quality of health care . |
| 4 | Mr Lee , who came to Orkney after ten years working in Scotland , in both Highland and Grampian Regions , was reluctant to talk to the media . |
| 5 | I was able to talk to the farmers about the difficulties that their industry faces at the moment , the need for reform of that industry and the importance that farming will undoubtedly have in the future of our country . |
| 6 | ‘ We achieved the objective through the perseverence of our trained negotiator who was able to talk to the man through a telephone communication which we had set up . ’ |
| 7 | I was able to talk to the German customer and the people on the floor , who are excessively worried about the number of people coming in from the East , not only East Germany but they 're very , very worried about people coming in from Eastern Europe , and secondly there was so much East European food that was for sale in Germany at very low prices and there 's food that used to go to the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | That evening she still was n't feeling too great , but nevertheless was able to talk about the television she 'd missed , the programmes she 'd missed on telly . |
| 9 | It was difficult to talk with the engine going , and I stared down through fifty or sixty feet of water to patches of pale rock starred black with sea-urchins . |
| 10 | Michele was answering with a brevity that made it abundantly clear that he was disinclined to talk about the sculptor . |