Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] talk " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer wants to talk to humans . |
| 2 | The Archdeacon stopped talking instantly and the Dean crossed his long legs . |
| 3 | For years the British confectionary industry has talked a lot of bunkum about its products . |
| 4 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an offduty police Inspector David Cammish and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 5 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an off-duty police inspector , David Cammish , and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 6 | If a visitor or medical practitioner has to talk to a resident through you , make sure you consult them and do n't answer for them . |
| 7 | I 've got to go listen it 's been lovely t talk to talk talking to you if you could pop in with a bottle of I wanted to try the new Beaujo If anybody 's got it and they come over , just ring the ring the door bell . |
| 8 | A Protestant churchman came to talk to her . |
| 9 | I was disappointed especially once the obstetrician began talking Caesareans and epidurals . |
| 10 | She reviewed for the Sunday papers and appeared on television in a programme called Talking After Hours , giving her views on art , morals , current affairs . |
| 11 | He 'd planned this summit carefully , and now the Zen of the entire thing had gone crazy , because just as Dad opened his mouth to start talking blood had started to drip into my lap from my nose as a result of Charlie chucking me into his drum-kit . |
| 12 | Will he confirm that not only has British Telecom invested — this is what the Opposition keep talking about — £20,000 million in new technology , but it has contributed no less than £1,000 million in corporation tax to the Exchequer ? |
| 13 | It is just as much an abuse of the process of the House for opposition to seek to talk out or filibuster , as it is for government to stifle opposition . |
| 14 | If a journalist wished to talk to Richard Branson , he simply telephoned ; not only did Branson invariably take the call , but he treated the journalist with civility . |
| 15 | But whereas the administration likes to talk about a greener and more internationally competitive car industry , Detroit wants to spend any available support on overcoming bread-and-butter engineering obstacles in complying with environmental legislation . |
| 16 | Every secretary whose word processor refuses to talk to its printer , every technologically-challenged hotel receptionist , every journalist who has ever seen his scoop disappear forever through the hole in the ozone layer can walk a little taller . |
| 17 | Before we went home , Brown Owl came to talk to Mum and Dad and she bent down and said ‘ Hello ’ to Natalie too . |
| 18 | This chamber is a natural place for Bardul to retire to talk with the adventurers and offer some of his Lustrian coffee . |
| 19 | ‘ The matter has not been discussed formally by our general committee but our fixtures committee has talked about the possible advantages of the Five Nations championship being moved back a bit . ’ |
| 20 | Following the announcement , the government began a news-management campaign designed to talk away the problem . |
| 21 | A girl needs to talk to her girlfriends two , three , four times a day . |
| 22 | Knowing that their boss loves to talk leads some cunning subordinates to turn the appraisal interview into a non event . |
| 23 | A boy began talking with me . |
| 24 | Parent began talking to parent . |
| 25 | The bearded hijacker started to talk very excitedly . |
| 26 | The trouble was that if you permitted intimacy you would be thought of as ‘ cheap ’ and perhaps be talked about as the girls at the dance had talked about Paula , only by the boys , which was worse , but if you did n't no boy would be prepared to bother with you for long . |
| 27 | A child learns to talk by imitation . |
| 28 | There , behind the high green doors of his mews home near Harrods , the supreme politician of motor sport had talked about confidence , recited his answers carefully and faced the television cameras with practised ease , all the time picking nervously at his sleeves and repeatedly pulling up his socks . |
| 29 | there 's one for you same as Nicky I 've got , here are , there 's another one , different one to that , there 's Nicola 's , leave 'em there I have n't got a Diana , the Queen Mother and the Queen left talking about my girl , my girl |
| 30 | It will help your child learn to talk , read , write and spell . |