Example sentences of "to talk to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the captain went on deck to talk to the crew . |
| 2 | Probably I 'd be better off going self-employed would n't I ? and they said , Well in that case you 'll need to talk to the Chamber of Commerce |
| 3 | Physic News told Mr Hayden to talk to the ghost as if to help him , but no response was ever forthcoming . |
| 4 | However , 2 rounds after its appearance a very dramatic change flares around it : if the adventurers have backed off this is no problem for them , if they have n't ( e.g. , fear effects have caused people to be rooted to the spot , they 're trying to talk to the Ghost , etc ) then the spirit is a dangerous opponent . |
| 5 | The hint behind this phrase is that it would n't be a bad idea to talk to the customer , talk to the client . |
| 6 | Alex Brown thanked Mr Lang for taking the time to talk to the milk producers present but said : ‘ We know the final decision rests on your shoulders because it will be for the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide on whether proposals for vertically integrated milk co-operatives distort competition after the milk boards are deregulated . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , it 's a bit terrifying to talk to the King and Queen in terms of : ‘ No , listen , missus ! |
| 8 | He wants to talk to the boss about it . |
| 9 | The teacher can face the class at all times , thereby alleviating the tendency to talk to the board . |
| 10 | ‘ Caledonian Mining remains interested in Monktonhall , but Macleod is no longer prepared to talk to the board in case it provokes further misleading comments to the press , ’ the source said . |
| 11 | When the desk-clerk left his post for a moment , crossing to the lifts to talk to the porter , she moved quickly to the desk and left an envelope addressed to Colonel Lin Foh upon it . |
| 12 | ‘ Would it be possible for us to talk to the Prince ? ’ |
| 13 | D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you . |
| 14 | After a cursory check , Myeloski went off to talk to the guard at the gate and find a torch . |
| 15 | Could we try to talk to the guard ? |
| 16 | Sally tried to talk to the boy 's mother , but she dismissed it all as harmless pranks . |
| 17 | Sam wants to talk to the boy . |
| 18 | Now he wants to talk to the boy . |
| 19 | There was no point in warning her not to talk to the Lab staff , or , come to that , the whole village . |
| 20 | We went to Washington to talk to the IRS and said , ‘ Look , honest donors want a reputable place to get appraisals and we think dealers are best qualified to provide it ’ . |
| 21 | Put the driver on I want to talk to the driver . |
| 22 | Now he was going to talk to the man himself . |
| 23 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 24 | The third was to talk to the man who had been in love with Irene Pitt . |
| 25 | ‘ We achieved the objective through the perseverence of our trained negotiator who was able to talk to the man through a telephone communication which we had set up . ’ |
| 26 | Now the reason we 've asked them to talk to the government , government departments about this is to see what can be done . |
| 27 | Will my right hon. Friend agree to talk to the museum to ascertain whether he can guide it in filling the gap ? |
| 28 | For example , the nurse should make time to talk to the patient and not be involved in other activities which might distract her . |
| 29 | We can return for a moment to talk to the girl who went to Italy , and was overwhelmed by Michelangelo 's Sistine Chapel ceiling . |
| 30 | Most remarkably , she used to talk to the girl about her grandfather 's dying : |