Example sentences of "try talk to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is disconcerting to try to talk to a group of people who are clearly not listening . |
| 2 | I tried to talk to her sensibly but she just would n't listen . ’ |
| 3 | Sally tried to talk to the boy 's mother , but she dismissed it all as harmless pranks . |
| 4 | On two occasions , I tried to talk to people and ask for help . |
| 5 | More than half of the children were ignored whatever they did — whether they cried , played or tried to talk to the adult . |
| 6 | Kinnear tried to talk to Graham Taylor yesterday to push the claims of Robbie Earle and Warren Barton . |
| 7 | Jarvis tried to talk to him but he was deeply suspicious , saw Jarvis first as a social worker , then as the press , swore at him and spat , landing a gob of spittle on his jacket lapel . |
| 8 | Frederica tried to talk to M. Grimaud about Racine but , although he could quote several speeches , he was more interested in what Racine was and meant than in what he had written . |
| 9 | I tried to talk to him , but I could n't understand what he said . |
| 10 | I tried to talk to Branwell about it , but it was impossible . |
| 11 | This was in front of the cameras , and I thought , ‘ You two-faced bitch ’ , because if I ever tried to talk to her she 'd either be sarcastic or looked through you , looked away or did n't want to know . |
| 12 | And she would not go walking with him again and she would not be alone with him if she could help it and she would freeze him with a look when he tried to talk to her . |
| 13 | I tried to talk to him about it several times , but he would walk out on me . |
| 14 | When he tried to talk to Bella in bed at night , there were passing moments of ease and sweetness that made it seem almost possible to recover what had been lost . |
| 15 | If I tried to talk to him , I used to start crying and he would say , ‘ Oh God ! ’ and tell me I was useless . |
| 16 | ‘ I tried to talk to you the night before last , but — ’ |
| 17 | She once reported to Robert Landgrebe , marketing manager , in a voice of genuine shock that she had just been on an aeroplane with three accountants ‘ and do you know , they tried to talk to me about design ’ . |
| 18 | He first tried to talk to me in an English pub . |
| 19 | I tried to talk to her father … by the poolhouse . |
| 20 | ‘ Dr Kemp tried to talk to your husband yesterday lunchtime . ’ |
| 21 | She tried to talk to me a job , but we sort of joked away . |
| 22 | Sometimes she tried talking to him about India , with a genuine impulse to do what she could . |
| 23 | He had studied and pondered the case , and was immersed in it ; he tried talking to both Marco and Eddie , and pursues Marco for the promise that could save Eddie 's life . |
| 24 | You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’ |
| 25 | Could we try to talk to the guard ? |
| 26 | Erm no but I 'm not Well I think you should try to talk to them it 's not fair otherwise . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | CATHERINE I could try talking to him , if you like . |
| 29 | Try to talk to parents with children at the proposed school , or to the local newsagent . |
| 30 | Try to talk to some of the people on your list to explain that you 're thinking of starting a Christian group in school . |