Example sentences of "talk at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( At one conference delegates were told to talk at the floor because Special Branch had hi-tech microphones trained on the windows to catch the sound-waves . ) |
| 2 | But , you know , if , if , if I 'd have put , when we , when we started to talk at the beginning of this term we had at the beginning a general discussion about what are we gon na put in land reform , if I 'd have come along to s to you and I 'd said well I think we should do this |
| 3 | They 're very upset and do n't want to talk at the moment . |
| 4 | Well it 's the only time we get chance to talk at the moment is n't it ? |
| 5 | I mean our , the more I think about it I think the main , we might even go to Germany to see my sister , so it might be next year , but I ca n't get Tony to talk at the moment , I do n't know erm , |
| 6 | I would suggest that care should be taken to talk at the client 's level — including use of the client 's terminology . |
| 7 | Professor Martin Warnke , of Hamburg University , and Andreas Beyer , of the University of Bonn , met and talked at the symposium held in Hamburg on 30 March to mark the centenary of the birth of Erwin Panofsky . |
| 8 | I think one of the difficulties of science — you talked at the beginning of switching people off science — is there are some golden opportunities when you can argue science , you can argue politics , you can argue English Literature with your teacher — it 's very hard to argue mathematics with your teacher . |
| 9 | As we talked at the reception in the garden behind Downing Street , Patrick told me that , instead of a debate at the Party Conference next month , he and his ministerial team had been asked to answer questions from the floor . |
| 10 | Talk at the conversation end of the cline is difficult to mould to any overall structure like that proposed by Sinclair and Coulthard . |
| 11 | Braggarts talk at the interviewer and are often so concerned and anxious about themselves that they fail to notice how the interviewer is responding . |
| 12 | There 's not much talk at the moment of what is going to happen to the specially designed and equipped premises at Newcastle Arts Centre which it will leave behind . |
| 13 | He was talking at the Life Assurance Association er , convention in London I think it 's er , three year ago now , in er , nineteen ninety , it must be ninety one , because I went on a course then . |
| 14 | Lone travellers , they 'd been talking at the bar , and Lily had said how much she enjoyed dancing . |
| 15 | She says they use a variety of excuses — most of which involve keeping the victim talking at the door . |
| 16 | The servants brought platters of over-cooked , rather rancid meat , garnished with herbs , and once they withdrew and the wine circulated , Melford began talking at the top of his voice about sending boys to do men 's work . |
| 17 | As I sat listening to Dr Bowie and his statistician talking at the press conference called to launch their report , carefully explaining the origin of the figures , I realized the significance of this news . |
| 18 | Outside , there were the usual hospital sounds — ambulant patients moving about the ward in slippers , nurses talking at the nurses ' station , the distant squeaking wheel of a cleaner 's trolley — but in here it was very quiet . |
| 19 | My thoughts were interrupted by two people talking at the entrance of the alley . |
| 20 | It 's one of Metallica 's tour personnel talking at the band 's hotel , just prior to leaving for the night 's Wembley gig … |
| 21 | It was everything she loved — loads of friendly people , talking at the tops of their voices like a big family party . |
| 22 | I think er they 're still talking at the moment . |
| 23 | Indeed , he was talking at the time about the possibility of him returning to Europe a few days later with Sampras for the Davis Cup final . |
| 24 | Talking at the launch of the Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook , Serfontein added : ‘ We will take sanctions against clubs if we can pin them down . ’ |
| 25 | In the ornate portal of a mansion-block department store an old man with buttoned overcoat and brown burnished shoes stood talking at the rain . |
| 26 | He will not talk at the committee unless he has a genuine contribution to make to the discussion . |
| 27 | She ca n't talk at the moment . |