Example sentences of "you [be] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you been talking to him ? ’ |
| 2 | Oh who have you been talking to Mr Major ? |
| 3 | Have you been talking to him today ? |
| 4 | Have you been talking to Glen or is it what Rupert , Rupert told you about Ted , he did n't know ! |
| 5 | I did n't like the feeling ; it brought it home to me how much you are judged by how you look , all the time , and how weird it feels when you are talking to this compere , and all the time you know he is n't listening to a word you are saying , just looking down your cleavage . |
| 6 | ‘ You are talking to a Minister of the Crown , in case you 've forgotten . |
| 7 | I think that makes it difficult because if you are talking to somebody you do n't know whether you 're going to have a bad pain during your conversation … |
| 8 | For instance , If you are talking to a neighbour and he or she seems in no particular rush , then invite him or her in for an impromptu cup of something . |
| 9 | ‘ You are talking to the despatcher in Schreiber , ’ he said , ‘ — that 's ahead of us , this side of Thunder Bay — and he can radio straight to the Canadian following us . |
| 10 | Finally , it helps if you like the person you are talking to . |
| 11 | It 's faster , more revealing , gives you a feel for the person you are talking to and the chance to encourage off-the-record remarks . |
| 12 | A couple of days later you are talking to a close associate and all your anger and frustration surge out as you let go of your feelings about the meeting . |
| 13 | Your dog can be trained to stay or sleep here while you are talking to visitors in the room or , indeed , sitting there on your own . |
| 14 | This is readily demonstrated by asking him to close his eyes and answer questions such as ‘ is there a picture on the wall on the left ? ’ or ‘ what colour are the eyes of the person you are talking to ? ’ |
| 15 | Just remember who you are and who you are talking to . |
| 16 | The only problem is that instead of sitting across a desk from the one customer , you are talking to hundreds or thousands or even millions , in their homes or their cars or trains or buses . |
| 17 | You are talking to the one in a hundred , or ten , or whatever , who might buy your product . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you realise who you are talking to , young woman ? |
| 19 | When you are talking to a teacher in school , you speak and act in a different way from when you are talking to your friends out of school . |
| 20 | When you are talking to a teacher in school , you speak and act in a different way from when you are talking to your friends out of school . |
| 21 | Even though you are talking to an old nun ! ’ |
| 22 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
| 23 | Again , now that he is a man he is expected to observe those admittedly very minimal standards of decency which apply to excretion ( for instance , not urinating on someone 's feet when you are talking to them ) , and so to this very limited extent we can speak of initiation being like toilet-training . |
| 24 | Look at person you are talking to . |
| 25 | ‘ You are talking to me . |
| 26 | No well that 's alright , maybe if , er you are talking to him , I do n't know whether you do talk to him |
| 27 | If you are talking to people you will talk in a quite different mode from that which you will adopt when you 're writing . |
| 28 | And she says , ‘ Come off it , my man , who d' you think you 're talking to , a mere jumped up commoner princess . ’ |
| 29 | The one you 're talking to is all tolerance and forbearance . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're talking to a bankrupt — almost ! ’ he told me yesterday lunchtime . |