Example sentences of "[that] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 2 | The fact was that talking to her either in person or on the phone gave him a sort of erection . |
| 3 | First , because these interviews by Professor Ian Fells ought to convince producers elsewhere that talking heads are by no means a disaster recipe . |
| 4 | He also said that talking to the parents was not an objective of the Society , nor should it be . |
| 5 | But at a deeper level Lewis wanted to make it plain that talking in this way was not mere metaphor . |
| 6 | We have to encourage counsellees that talking about the issues which worry them might be helpful . |
| 7 | And so you 'll appreciate that talking about himself doing it and then having to read the result is doubly distasteful . |
| 8 | In terms of the semantic features of ‘ Motherese ’ , there is considerable evidence to support the view that talking about objects and events in the immediate surroundings is helpful . |
| 9 | Everyone knows that talking about AIDS and the future is very difficult . |
| 10 | He had a superstitious fear that talking about Kate would mean losing a part of her , would be a sort of sacrilege . |
| 11 | Men who reported that talking with their closest friend or relative made things worse had 29% and 40% higher rates of short and long spells of absence , respectively , compared with those who reported positive support from this person . |
| 12 | The ghastly irony was that talking to someone outside helped clarify my feelings and work through some of the guilt I was carrying . |
| 13 | Another five thought that talking about it was a waste of time . |
| 14 | It can only realize its full potential when , at a school level , head and senior staff are actively committed to its use and prepared to involve themselves in discussion sessions , demonstrating , by example , allegiance to the notion that talking about areas of personal anxiety , confusion and failure is an essential part of professional development for all . |
| 15 | To the extent that talking and trying hard to talk for less time and have more tasks to do which are to a certain extent self-explanatory , rather than having long involved tasks which two or three get on with and the rest opt out . |
| 16 | The townspeople decide to write letters to the giant asking him to leave , reasoning that talking to him directly would be too dangerous . |
| 17 | This speed that talking about but I think it corresponds to the movement of the fox . |