Example sentences of "have be [adj] talk [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , and others , Mr Goldin has been keen to talk to the Russians about co-operation . |
| 2 | Since the early 1920s , therefore , it has been impossible to talk about any aspect of British cinema without drawing unfavourable comparisons with Hollywood . |
| 3 | In particular , the energy department has been reluctant to talk about a carbon tax , an idea which Mr Nicholas Ridley , the environment secretary has said in cabinet that he is keen to explore . |
| 4 | On Starr Hills , she 'd been able to talk to him ; but she did n't think she could now . |
| 5 | Both parents had come to the open evening and she had been able to talk to them . |
| 6 | He was pleased that he and his wife had been able to talk to the doctor but he was still not sure that he understood about either the X-rays of his bowel or the surgery which might be necessary . |
| 7 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 8 | The parents and their action group had been free to talk to the press . |
| 9 | It had been her own fault , in a way : she had been reluctant to talk about it in front of Francis . |
| 10 | first time you 've been able to talk to him properly . |
| 11 | He was concentrating furiously now , for , he thought , if I know of these places , then surely it must be because people have been able to talk of them . |