Example sentences of "[be] talk [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They might only be minor , but to the person you 're talking to it 's a major decision . |
| 32 | Some are completely on another plateau , you know , they 're just not in the real world ; they wander round and do n't make eye-contact unless they 're talking to you ; they just look at the ceiling all the time when they 're lecturing . |
| 33 | Who the hell do you think you 're talking to ? |
| 34 | A reader has suggested that the belated realization that you 're talking to an ex-lover is best expressed by the old Tallulah Bankhead crack : ‘ I did n't recognize you with your clothes on . ’ |
| 35 | I think when somebody teaches it they teach it in the premise that everybody they 're talking to is heterosexual . |
| 36 | ‘ Do n't ask me ; you 're talking to somebody who thought the way to make the world a better place was to become a journalist . |
| 37 | You 're talking to a dead man . ’ |
| 38 | Now , you 're talking to Zadak about the AOL . |
| 39 | I often say jokingly that you make a comment to somebody and you find you 're talking to the world export on expert on whatever it is . |
| 40 | And you 're talking to your mate and it 's all just happening by magic . |
| 41 | You do n't know who you 're talking to . |
| 42 | What do you mean in what s when you say , You do n't know who you 're talking to , yeah have you s what what what sense do you mean that ? |
| 43 | We 're talking to anybody and everybody . ’ |
| 44 | No that 's no problem , except that you must know who you 're talking to . |
| 45 | So what sort of printer do you think you 're talking to ? |
| 46 | Er and then to contrast this you 've got like the feminist view er well it 's a just reconstruct a lot of these ideas instead of saying that women 's talk was diffident they said it was more considerate , and so the idea that quite often A lot of the features that are in this conversation are n't because women want to be deferential to the men they 're talking to , it 's that they actually want to show some consideration to the turn-taking or the conversational style that 's going on . |
| 47 | Er it sort of goes in four ways I mean the fathers talk more directly than the mothers whether or not it 's a boy or a girl they 're talking to . |
| 48 | But they 're going to say , if they 're talking to Liz , presumably the trainer as well as a person , you know , what |
| 49 | You 're talking to an atheist . ’ |
| 50 | You can enjoy yourself , be your natural self , and you 'll never even know who you 're talking to . ’ |
| 51 | There 's only if the person you 're talking to thinks you do n't care , well I mean they 're not you know they 're not going to think very much of you are they ? |
| 52 | That 's who you 're talking to , on the seat beside you . |
| 53 | Thoroughly bewildered , Seb said , ‘ Boz , this is me you 're talking to , Seb Quilter . |
| 54 | Likening the allegations against Gates to those of the October Surprise story Bush said : " You 're talking to somebody who had to prove his innocence — me — on the basis of rumour … |
| 55 | I 've tried to slow down my pattern of speech , I 've tried to simplify my vocabulary , and certain methods of when you 're talking to someone you do n't tower over them , you try and squat to his level or you give instructions in certain ways to certain classes . |
| 56 | The other thing that tends to throw people the first time they every do ad advocacy is that you 're going to talk to somebody who will not talk to you , who will not s possibly even smile at you , who wo n't give you the usual feedback that we 're u that we 're used to when we 're talking to someone . |
| 57 | Chanting 's when you 're talking to other Orcadians in your best English when there 's really no need for it when you just want to show off that you 're . |
| 58 | And remember who you 're talking to . ’ |
| 59 | MS When do you feel you would use Patois and when would you talk as you 're talking to me now ? |
| 60 | ‘ But now that you 're tucked up in here , none of your mates will notice that you 're talking to us . |