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 .
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