Example sentences of "[conj] talking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than anything Mungo suddenly wanted to get out of the forest ; to be in his room , or talking to one of the family , or anywhere . |
| 2 | My father was not pleased when he came back early or unexpectedly from the hospital and found that we were out drinking or talking to girls . |
| 3 | But where television-viewing is virtually unrestricted there is little time for reading , imaginative or realistic play , for making things or talking to parents . |
| 4 | She longed to be close to her mother , or talking to Louise or cycling up the drive towards the grim yews of Seaton Cramer Hall and the warm welcome of Miss Hatherby . |
| 5 | At times this was inappropriate ( for example , when he was on the telephone , mending something or talking to a visitor ) . |
| 6 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 7 | Only when you have unwound somewhat and are back in balance are you able to progress to a more powerful strategy that involves insight , persistence or talking to the headteacher . |
| 8 | Divination or talking to one of the Ghosts of Kadar-Gravning ( if the adventurers can convince one that they are friendly ! ) might lead to a |
| 9 | The existence of other colleagues is an obvious source of satisfaction and help : he needs their advice ; he may be glad to have their personal help with the students , perhaps supervising or guiding a group , or talking to the entire class ; and he needs their selections and productions . |
| 10 | Show the transport manager with one of his fleet of lorries or talking to a driver , the canteen manageress in the kitchen or the sales director at a briefing session . |
| 11 | In all this discussion , whether I am moving round talking to pairs of students at work or talking to the whole group , I see my role as provoking thought and reflection , not as telling students what to think or do . |
| 12 | ( 20 ) Listening or talking to a visitor or outside " expert " . |
| 13 | At some museums interpretation is offered , in whole or in part , through people in role carrying out craft work or demonstrations , or talking to visitors . |
| 14 | It can be a lonely , isolated life on a farm and a whole day often passes without meeting or talking to anyone . |
| 15 | Firstly , make a note of all of the bully words and phrases that James Bolham uses when he 's talking about , or talking to , or talking about this man 's management . |
| 16 | Lindy would sooner be out shopping than talking to me . |
| 17 | I applied the same methods here , watching people rather than talking to them , and I learnt many new things about the way humans interact . |
| 18 | Talking to her is less embarrassing than talking to anyone else . |
| 19 | It is in the outpatient department that many people feel particularly vulnerable as they wait in a cubicle , wearing paper gowns with no idea of what is happening , as staff rush around self-consciously doing more important things than talking to a patient . |
| 20 | How how would you go about measuring that other than talking to people afterwards about how they feel about interviewing others . |
| 21 | Well you know there 's a there 's one , one thing about talking to yourself you sometimes get more sensible answers than talking to anybody else ! |
| 22 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 23 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 24 | The fact was that talking to her either in person or on the phone gave him a sort of erection . |
| 25 | He also said that talking to the parents was not an objective of the Society , nor should it be . |
| 26 | The ghastly irony was that talking to someone outside helped clarify my feelings and work through some of the guilt I was carrying . |
| 27 | The townspeople decide to write letters to the giant asking him to leave , reasoning that talking to him directly would be too dangerous . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's got a knife ! ’ said Gazzer again , slowly this time , as if talking to a child . |
| 29 | Then , as if talking to himself , ‘ Yeah , Gringo , that what I do . |
| 30 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |