Example sentences of "[noun] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then displaying all the fiery conviction of the convert , Mr Edyvean ended his presentation by ripping up an old-fashioned order form , snapping a pencil in half and proclaiming , ‘ EDI is all about computers talking to computers , which means no paper , no pens and no fuss . ’ |
| 2 | Will my right hon. Friend and his Department therefore spend a great deal of time in the next six months talking to our friends the Portuguese through the Portuguese presidency , so that they may adopt a sensible policy which we can then follow ? |
| 3 | The cow lowing and lowing and Mister Johnny talking to her in his soft , bubbly voice , and pulling on the little hooves when they slowly appeared . |
| 4 | I need the waves talking to me . |
| 5 | It would be pleasant to have a film of curate Ramsey talking to the young architects of sand-castles . |
| 6 | ‘ It is an immensely valuable management tool since it is our clients talking to us — no-one can refuse to accept what they say . ’ |
| 7 | For instance , the fith of Febry might see the Pry Minister on an itinery talking to prone anti-marketeers , including trade unists and finey , percy opening a strorny new libry building . |
| 8 | So that when one entered one would find the pictures talking to each other and you would enter and listen . |
| 9 | A nicer and generally more caring bunch of people it would be hard to find , and to quote an old cliche in a genuine sense ‘ it has been a real pleasure talking to you ’ . |
| 10 | So long as it maintains the idea that believers talking to unbelievers are like people explaining to the blind what it is like to see , reason may be tolerated . |
| 11 | The morning that the cartoon appeared , Jed overheard Creed talking to Maxie Carlo . |
| 12 | She turned and looked towards Nigger , who was standing in the doorway talking to one of the locals he knew . |
| 13 | And to Matilda she said , ‘ You 've got a nerve talking to your father like that . |
| 14 | ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ he said , as if he was an experienced soldier talking to a rather dumb general , ‘ there are many impostors in Thy world and many of Us have failed to Grasp the … er … |
| 15 | Kids talking to pictures of Rita Hayworth and Ann Sheridan . |
| 16 | really cos there 's such a cross section of conversation going on , it 's really funny there 's this bit in the car when we went outside with the mike and on a at Claire 's party and er erm like there 's me talking to Claire really loudly like across the car and Frank talking to Nigel across the front and he speakers were up here and there 's just a whaaaaaaa this massive rabble going on . |
| 17 | I forgot my circumstances talking to her , that I no longer had power to help , that in a few hours I 'd be gone , and I said , ‘ Of course I 'd love to visit you , I 'd be honoured . |
| 18 | Did you se , the advert with er Ronnie Barker talking to that other feller and he says oh aye he says we were going through a really bad patch me and the wife who went to marriage guidance and Ronnie Barker says oh did it do you any good ? |
| 19 | We 've got our own trained police negotiators there at the scene talking to him , and also we have a doctor and a psychiatrist standing by for any assistance they can give us . |
| 20 | ‘ Does she mention David these days ? ’ asked Rachel curiously , looking out of the window at Jennifer sitting on the patio in her wheelchair talking to her father . |
| 21 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 22 | A bomb was thrown , a boy talking to the president was killed , and he was injured . |
| 23 | AS former US Congressman Bruce Morrison today continued his trek round Ireland talking to leading political figures , the question being asked by many is ‘ Bruce who ? ’ . |
| 24 | However , Roel Pieper , chief executive officer of USL , speaking at the AUUG'92 conference in Sydney two weeks ago , was enthusiastically doing the rounds talking to prospective candidates . |
| 25 | Why 's the old lady talking to the people ? |
| 26 | He spotted Billy lounging against the far corner of the bar talking to Sooty Hill the joker . |
| 27 | He said that he had been in a corner of the bar talking to the landlord and friends during the time that the incident took place . |
| 28 | As Daphne said this there flashed into Cecilia 's mind that conversation with Tina , that terrible thing Tina had said , and another thought , one that seemed to swim up out of the deep waters of her unconscious , the idea that she , Cecilia Darne , yes , she , had once long ago met the right girl , and here was that right girl talking to her now of something , oh , so akin to what Tina meant … |
| 29 | ‘ The girl talking to us . ’ |
| 30 | He saw the curly-haired man with the red scar on his left cheek talking to two short-skirted , high-heeled girls , who were no more than sixteen years old . |