Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as for yourself , you too should try talking to a friend or relative whom you trust — the chances are that they may already have realised that things are going badly . |
| 2 | Such a visit should involve talking to personnel to try and understand something of their jobs and to work out how best to tell the story in visual form . |
| 3 | Hell , if I was really lucky he might stop talking to me altogether , I thought … but that did n't seem likely . |
| 4 | ‘ That might involve talking to pupils about the history of shopping , lecturing them on the siting of a supermarket or having an environmental open day in a store , ’ education manager Lesley Shanahan says . |
| 5 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 6 | CATHERINE I could try talking to him , if you like . |
| 7 | I knew that Syl 's mother , like my own , would consider talking to yourself the first sign of madness . |
| 8 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 9 | If I talked too much at first or laughed at something , it broke the spell and everyone would start talking to me . |
| 10 | I will keeping talking to this stupid machine ! |
| 11 | Apart from the lack of the most wishful of commands , most of your work will involve talking to the women . |
| 12 | I can recall talking to Lesley Dee , ‘ New Directions ’ project leader , about her teaching experience in South Thames college and her approach to ‘ FE for all ’ . |