Example sentences of "[vb pp] talking to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Birmingham , Alabama , you could be banished from the city for being seen talking to a Communist , which was held to be committing a public nuisance . |
| 2 | She was seen talking to a man outside the house by a neighbour at 1pm , then vanished without trace . |
| 3 | Joanne Fitzgerald , a market researcher from Brentford , Middx , was last seen talking to a man in Dunkin Doughnut in Piccadilly in London 's West End on March 15 . |
| 4 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 5 | Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | The fifteen year old was seen talking to the attacker at the Glue Pot pub in Swindon . |
| 7 | Time will be well spent talking to the vendor and neighbours from whom you can learn a great deal as to what crops and livestock have been produced over the years , and with what success . |
| 8 | He 's just as likely to be found talking to a six-strong student society in Bangor as addressing 500 top Earth scientists in Washington ; he will have a drink with ( and on ) me just as readily ( or so he makes it appear ) as he will have lunch with ( and no doubt on ) the director of the US National Science Foundation ; if he 's not corresponding with some editor over some esoteric point of science , he 's trying to persuade the high-ups at the European Space Agency to do something adventurous in planetology for a change . |
| 9 | She turned to the stranger who had just finished talking to a mechanic who was now giving her car the once-over . |
| 10 | He had just finished talking to the Procurator Fiscal 's office , |
| 11 | The disc-jockey put on Earth , Wind and Fire and Olivia was whisked away by a young columnist from Amritsar ; I was left talking to a rather bulbous Congress MP . |
| 12 | De Villiers was left talking to the air , a very thoughtful look on his face as he leaned against the doorway and watched fitzAlan stride across the bailey , towing Isabel behind him . |
| 13 | Our problem with Sir Thomas Beecham was that he usually kept talking to the orchestra while he conducted , and his words of encouragement or complaint came through loudly , especially in the pianissimo passages . |