Example sentences of "[coord] talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 2 | But it seems that that is n't what 's being taught , and therefore , in information about that comes , well either via your own experience or talking with friends or reading womens ' magazines or I mean whe , where do we actually get our education from ? |
| 3 | An actor may portray a cabinet minister making a speech , or talking with his mouth full , and a merely technically accurate imitation of reality will suffice . |
| 4 | More than anything Mungo suddenly wanted to get out of the forest ; to be in his room , or talking to one of the family , or anywhere . |
| 5 | My father was not pleased when he came back early or unexpectedly from the hospital and found that we were out drinking or talking to girls . |
| 6 | But where television-viewing is virtually unrestricted there is little time for reading , imaginative or realistic play , for making things or talking to parents . |
| 7 | She longed to be close to her mother , or talking to Louise or cycling up the drive towards the grim yews of Seaton Cramer Hall and the warm welcome of Miss Hatherby . |
| 8 | At times this was inappropriate ( for example , when he was on the telephone , mending something or talking to a visitor ) . |
| 9 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 10 | Only when you have unwound somewhat and are back in balance are you able to progress to a more powerful strategy that involves insight , persistence or talking to the headteacher . |
| 11 | Divination or talking to one of the Ghosts of Kadar-Gravning ( if the adventurers can convince one that they are friendly ! ) might lead to a |
| 12 | The existence of other colleagues is an obvious source of satisfaction and help : he needs their advice ; he may be glad to have their personal help with the students , perhaps supervising or guiding a group , or talking to the entire class ; and he needs their selections and productions . |
| 13 | Show the transport manager with one of his fleet of lorries or talking to a driver , the canteen manageress in the kitchen or the sales director at a briefing session . |
| 14 | In all this discussion , whether I am moving round talking to pairs of students at work or talking to the whole group , I see my role as provoking thought and reflection , not as telling students what to think or do . |
| 15 | ( 20 ) Listening or talking to a visitor or outside " expert " . |
| 16 | At some museums interpretation is offered , in whole or in part , through people in role carrying out craft work or demonstrations , or talking to visitors . |
| 17 | It can be a lonely , isolated life on a farm and a whole day often passes without meeting or talking to anyone . |
| 18 | Firstly , make a note of all of the bully words and phrases that James Bolham uses when he 's talking about , or talking to , or talking about this man 's management . |
| 19 | He hated the way she said to him , ‘ Tell me tomorrow darling , I must fly now , ’ and the way that when she 'd waved Bye-bye and got into the taxi , she immediately opened her bag and took out her mirror and comb , and did n't look at you again , even if the taxi did n't move for ages , because the man was changing the meter or talking into his radio . |
| 20 | You may find your opponents talking at length of earlier items on the agenda or have late items postponed to a later meeting , or talking off the issue in order to divert the discussion . |
| 21 | For example , in many classrooms pupils can be found discussing the differences in vocabulary there would be between an on-the-spot oral account of a road accident and a newspaper report of it the following day ; or considering the ways in which conventional spellings can be violated in advertisements and brand names ; or listing some of the differences between their grandparents ' use of language and their own ; or talking about the way a poet 's choice of metaphor yokes together two dissimilar things so that something familiar is suddenly perceived in a new way ; and so on . |
| 22 | ‘ We are not thinking or talking about the past , ’ he insisted . |
| 23 | This might involve intercourse , touching , exposure of the sexual organs , showing pornographic material or talking about sexual things in an erotic way . |
| 24 | Although recognizing the dangers of verbalizing about art , Greger is adamant that ‘ … without analysis , without thinking or talking about the many interrelated meanings of an art form , the process of coming-to-know , or of ‘ growing up ’ to a work is probably not possible' ( ibid ) . |
| 25 | about five hundred over the year or six hundred or talking about a maximum of twenty pounds taken over right , thank you . |
| 26 | comedy the comedy of the situation language certain elements of wit or talking about the farmhouse language , farmyard . |
| 27 | Firstly , make a note of all of the bully words and phrases that James Bolham uses when he 's talking about , or talking to , or talking about this man 's management . |
| 28 | Then it follows from that that understanding Shakespeare and keeping the understanding of Shakespeare alive is also a good because if , for example , this great , rich and wonderful thing were simply there in the world and no-one could see him and no-one could understand him , and no-one was any longer thinking or talking about him , that also would be a secondary impoverishment . |
| 29 | Then , it follows from that , that understanding Shakespeare , and keeping the understanding of Shakespeare alive , is also a good , because if for example this great , rich and wonderful thing were simply there in the world and no one could see him and no one could understand him and no one was any longer thinking or talking about him , that also would be a secondary impoverishment . |
| 30 | Now the the girls did n't know it was there and it 's a good job that they were n't talking about him or talking about anybody . |