Example sentences of "talk to people " in BNC.

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1 To some constables ‘ common sense ’ is knowing how to talk to people :
2 You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way .
3 If they had to be responsible for choosing the leaders of the Church , they needed information and their secretaries should be able to talk to people who had the information .
4 ‘ Not wanting to talk to people .
5 ‘ When the record company first asked me to talk to people , I just did .
6 Where one comes to talk to people , the other comes to listen .
7 You will find it easier to talk to people if you do n't take all their ideas personally .
8 If the engagement lasts several days , like this festival , the first half drags ; I find it a strain to have to talk to people again , I 'm haunted by the inevitably unfinished ‘ finished ’ work at home .
9 On two occasions , I tried to talk to people and ask for help .
10 As Lovins said : ‘ You have to talk to people where they 're at , not where you 're at . ’
11 She said , as she was lying there , ‘ I feel , Dame Edna , I can talk about anything to you and I 've never had this experience before when I 've tried to talk to people .
12 If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on .
13 Probably if ‘ Damnation Derek ’ had bothered to talk to people and get to know them a bit before preaching at them , he would have discovered that they would want to ask him some questions about what he believed .
14 At last we were able to talk to people who 'd been through this . ’
15 He said : ‘ I 've been told all the stories about how my dad used to stand in the Steering Wheel Club with half a pint of lager just waiting to talk to people and to worm his way into Formula One .
16 But Rank Xerox is large and well-known and this must make it easier for it to get to talk to people .
17 ‘ If I 'm not in the right mood I get very guarded and do n't want to talk to people .
18 If it is too difficult to talk to people you know , you could contact a helpline first .
19 An unemployed lift engineer 's mate , Darren Webb , 25 , of Colchester , also appreciated the opportunity to talk to people about the various training and job schemes available rather than having to rely on leaflets .
20 The communications audit provides a way for the consultancy to examine the matter , to assess all aspects , and to talk to people within and without the company , before arriving at a point where a PR programme can be created and recommendations made .
21 Some of them are people that erm that I 've generally had contact with , in terms of starting to talk to people about it erm , other people are being kind of , what 's the word , optimistic , with the truth Likes And The Brides for example , erm
22 The field man has to talk to people from a variety of backgrounds , in a variety of jobs .
23 So you 've got to be able to talk to people .
24 The pragmatism of field staff places much greater value on what a man can do in the field : his practical knowledge , his capacity to make decisions on the spot , his ability to talk to people .
25 I think I 've always found it hard to talk to people except for my best mate .
26 And so we bring er a special sort of er expertise I suppose to the talks but also the experience of retirement which we think is is really good by someone who has already retired enjoying retirement to be able come to talk to people .
27 Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something .
28 I want you to talk to people . ’
29 I feel I 'm I do n't even want to talk to people .
30 And I do n't want to talk to people .
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