Example sentences of "[vb past] talking to " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes she tried talking to him about India , with a genuine impulse to do what she could . |
2 | He had studied and pondered the case , and was immersed in it ; he tried talking to both Marco and Eddie , and pursues Marco for the promise that could save Eddie 's life . |
3 | Thus , children in our classroom practice sample spent a high proportion of their time working when they were engaged in tasks which involved talking to the class , talking to the teacher , construction , listening or collaboration . |
4 | And that involved talking to the client to find out what it was they wanted ? |
5 | Colleagues stopped talking to me , afraid no doubt that being on the wrong side of the new Director might prove contagious . |
6 | He stopped talking to me and changed deadlines so they became impossible to meet . |
7 | She went into the huffs and stopped talking to me . |
8 | Remember the time we stopped talking to her and erm she just thought that you were n't talking to her because you probably did n't hear something she 'd said ? |
9 | The two claimed they were engaged , since an lranian woman caught talking to a man not related to her by blood or marriage is considered a prostitute . |
10 | Whitlock caught up with Mobuto but remained discreetly in the background while he finished talking to the Chief of Protocol . |
11 | And always , before she 'd talked , finished talking to him she was off on down the road . |
12 | He turned the knob back to pop music , turned the volume down to almost nothing , began talking to Evelyn . |
13 | Time Warner 's boss , Gerald Levin , began talking to telecoms firms . |
14 | But while they were out in the garden during the afternoon they began talking to the man next door who had a motorbike and was leaving for the City on it at seven . |
15 | He began talking to her about birdsong , about bird music , really . |
16 | She began talking to Lady Furness and then , a few minutes later , she turned and smiled at me . |
17 | She did not have long to brood because Harbury began talking to her about the MacQuillan case . |
18 | He turned away from her impatiently , and began talking to Nicole , both of them gesticulating , their voices overlapping in their haste to finish what they were saying . |
19 | Parent began talking to parent . |
20 | He began talking to me : blah blah Killer blah blah Women . |
21 | When David Wilson realized what was going on , he began talking to Scotland Yard . |
22 | Though some people found him rather wrapped up in his thoughts , he always enjoyed talking to children about science . |
23 | Erm and although it was erm you know , it was good and the people themselves enjoyed talking to each other as well , it was a bit tiring at the end of the day . |
24 | I enjoyed talking to him , and thought him a very good interviewer — and that makes all the difference . |
25 | But I enjoyed talking to you . |
26 | Maybe without fully recognising it , the government has , in fact , started talking to the ANC — for if there is one thing Mr Mandela has made clear throughout his long incarceration , it is his unwavering allegiance to the movement , whose foremost leader he remains . |
27 | Then an acquaintance started talking to me and diverted my attention . |
28 | On the third evening , I was sitting drinking alone and started talking to a man who offered to walk me back to the hotel . |
29 | One day my mum sat me on the bed and started talking to me . |
30 | ‘ We then looked at individuals and then started talking to four or five venture capital companies as well as merchant banks . |