Example sentences of "if [pron] [be] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was talking to you on the street and you had asked me where such-and-such a street was , that was all right . |
| 2 | If I was talking to you as my pal , I 'd get done for idling my time . |
| 3 | It 's as if I was talking to somebody . |
| 4 | Erm I if I was talking to an audience in the United States , you 'd probably have a somewhat different approach cos over there they seem to throw their desktop devices away every two or three years and replace them with brand new technology . |
| 5 | If I was talking to my |
| 6 | She held out her hand , palm upwards now , and moved her head slowly as she looked at Aggie as if she were talking to a friend who would understand that a cousin of hers had not married beneath her . |
| 7 | She stared into the camera as if she was talking to it . |
| 8 | I wondered if she was talking to me for a minute . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If you are talking to people you will talk in a quite different mode from that which you will adopt when you 're writing . |
| 12 | The great thing about him is , when you walk into a room — and it does n't matter if you 're talking to senators or salesmen — he 'll say , ‘ Do you know Tip Anderson ? ’ |
| 13 | and it 's a case of er if you 're talking to somebody about pension requirement it would be a case of Mr Prospect let's just have a look , let's imagine today is the last day that you 'll be working as a carpenter . |
| 14 | hang on hang on now if you 're talking to a mathematician and you 're sort of saying cos squared is well erm you know if I integrate that ah I 'm going to get cos so if erm well I 'll just change that there and I 'll fiddle |
| 15 | Well , you do n't need all that , if you 're talking to the public , you 're telling what are basically the facts , and , if asked for your opinion on them , you then decide whether to give your opinion or to say , ‘ Well , no , that 's beyond , that 's beyond my brief . ’ |
| 16 | If you were talking to a prostitute on the beat , you 'd get booked for gossiping — for idling your time . |
| 17 | okay , okay So supposing , supposing I did an interview with you , the , the idea about the pub talk is I 'm trying to get you to use the language as if you were talking to a mate . |
| 18 | So that erm if we 're talking to parents , for example , about being assertive , we know that very often the feelings behind their inability to be assertive need to be addressed first of all and then the skills that they may want to acquire will fit in with erm a different quality erm of where it 's emanating from in them as a person . |
| 19 | But they 're going to say , if they 're talking to Liz , presumably the trainer as well as a person , you know , what |
| 20 | The people who employ me , the Eastern Health and Social Services Board and the government , in the past have called us in the RVH , and now it all depends who they are talking to — if they are talking to the American delegation we are Marxist revolutionaries and if they are talking to other delegations they have branded us as Provos . |
| 21 | The people who employ me , the Eastern Health and Social Services Board and the government , in the past have called us in the RVH , and now it all depends who they are talking to — if they are talking to the American delegation we are Marxist revolutionaries and if they are talking to other delegations they have branded us as Provos . |
| 22 | I was n't sure if they were talking to me or not . |
| 23 | Talking ( even if it is talking to yourself or your dog or your prize marrow ) nourishes and builds your aural memory-bank and uses your own ‘ speech experience ’ which aids speechreading . |
| 24 | It was more like the noise dogs make sometimes — a see-sawing musical phrase , as if it was talking to someone you could n't see . |
| 25 | I ai n't sure if he 's talking to me , so I do n't say nothing . |
| 26 | He stopped speaking and gazed hard at Corbett and then continued quietly , almost as if he was talking to himself . |
| 27 | He interrupted Michael as if he was talking to a little child . |
| 28 | Athelstan snorted with laughter and leaned forward , his arms crossed , as if he was talking to himself and had forgotten the coroner sitting beside him . |
| 29 | He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself . |
| 30 | ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child . |