Example sentences of "talk [prep] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just as those who are young feel the need to talk about and prepare for earlier important events , such as their wedding , or their children 's christenings , it is quite normal and not at all macabre for some old people to want to look ahead and plan for the ritual and display of family love and unity that will take place on the day of their departure from this world . |
| 2 | We have always loved to talk about and look at ourselves , as anyone who has watched or seen on TV home videos of family life can tell you . |
| 3 | They respond to affection , being made to feel that they matter and to the opportunity to talk about or work through their past , especially in ways that help to raise their self-esteem . |
| 4 | The work of psychiatrists such as Maxwell Jones , who established the first therapeutic community , shows that the nurse who is given time to talk with and listen to patients is a most potent healing force for the human spirit . |
| 5 | These and others ; schoolteachers , students , the.police , media , and even researchers , are welcome , if only , ‘ to show kids that there are other adults besides teachers around the place prepared to talk with and listen to them ’ . |
| 6 | She 's better to talk to than write to , if you know what I mean . |
| 7 | I 'm a Libran , I like people around me to talk to and argue with . |
| 8 | It is a phantasmagorical performance , perfected over many years in advertising in which the prime requisite — apart from , or in spite of , talent — is to get yourself noticed , talked about and sought after . |
| 9 | My own experience , backed up by that of field workers I have talked with and beginning to be supported by some research evidence suggests that other factors such as personal maturity and the will and opportunity to keep up to date are even more important . |
| 10 | Forget the cameras and everyone else in the studio and talk to and look at the interviewer or the members of the panel . |
| 11 | To begin to remedy this emotional block , start to notice when you are looking for praise or recognition , and in doing so , start talking about or bringing to someone else 's notice something you have not done so well . |
| 12 | But it 's also erm about discovering the completeness of the ministry of the people of God as we enter through the various commitments that we have to our sister churches in Wales and in Britain and in the world , whether it 's routine or a particular relationship of members or All that 's part of the context of the ways in which we 're talking about and sharing with each other with God . |
| 13 | To my knowledge , cranks and dreamers have gone around talking about and looking for Homo superior ever since the primitive times when writers still used paper . |
| 14 | Social care in a group care setting covers the time spent talking with and listening to people , hearing their stories , nurturing and encouraging them in the effort to make sense of the later stages of life . |
| 15 | We hope that this booklet provides you with useful information to be used as a starting point — to start thinking about the issues that HIV and AIDS may raise for us in our lives and to start talking with and listening to our lovers , families , friends and colleagues in an informed , non-judgmental way . |
| 16 | The attitudinal use of intonation is something that is best acquired through talking with and listening to English speakers , and this course aims simply to train learners to be more aware of and sensitive to the way English speakers use intonation . |
| 17 | If they have people they can talk to and relate to who are from a non-statutory body , it gives them a greater degree of self-confidence . ’ |