Example sentences of "talk [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took six months for us to talk the owner into agreeing to let us rent the place . |
| 2 | Mr Shamir , who now leads a caretaker government , must play for time while doing his utmost to talk the religious parties out of making a deal with Labour . |
| 3 | A l'Image Nostre Dame , down an alley off Rue du Marché aux Herbes , is a friendly old Flemish tavern , while Kitty O'Shea 's , 123 Rue Stevin , is where the local Irish folk and other from Berlaymont go to talk the night away . |
| 4 | ‘ He loved to talk the country dialect , and was welcome at all farms as friend ’ , wrote Canon Rawnsley in the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | He knows how to work all the instruments and what results to expect and how to talk the jargon but that 's not it . |
| 6 | Even if the adults do not try to talk the child out of it , they may not persist with their request . |
| 7 | He knew all about his landlady 's ability to talk the hind-leg off a cockney donkey . |
| 8 | That surprised everybody , since the administration has lately tried to talk the dollar down . |
| 9 | The half mill department of the CAA does n't appear to talk the quarter mill department . |
| 10 | The half mill department of the CAA does n't appear to talk the quarter mill department . ' |
| 11 | Thus , French High Commissioner Pignon was hoping for American assistance in replacing and repairing military equipment ; said he was prepared for US military aid to go direct to the Vietnam government ; but also , in order to deter a Chinese invasion of Tonkin , was trying to talk the US into sending warships , particularly aircraft-carriers , into Indo-Chinese waters . |
| 12 | I should have spoken to Barbara myself and explained to her how strenuously I had endeavoured to talk the doctors out of this unhappy decision . |
| 13 | Siegfried , apart altogether from his intuitive skill , was able to talk the horse language . |
| 14 | It is a fine thing to talk the evenings away , when the river work is done , with a mug in your hand . |
| 15 | After picking at her meal , she fled to her room and hid there , venturing out only once in search of a friendly nurse from the postnatal ward , Louise Hickson , with whom she hoped to talk the matter through . |
| 16 | He hardly ever stays to talk the way he used to . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State for Energy , on the Monday of the Labour party annual conference , phoned a few national newspaper editors to talk the Conservative party out of a general election this month . |
| 18 | Well I 'm sorry that the opposition is continuing to talk the country down . |
| 19 | ‘ We did n't have chance to talk the other day , as you were so busy , ’ he said , pushing the door to behind him . |
| 20 | Trained negotiators and a psychologist eventually managed to talk the man into a rescue boat off Saltburn , Cleveland , after 90 minutes . |
| 21 | Trained negotiators and a psychologist eventually managed to talk the man into a rescue boat off Saltburn , Cleveland , after 90 minutes . |
| 22 | Supt Alan Saddler , of Darlington police , said if Mr Davidson was still not happy with the situation he was welcome visit him to talk the matter over . |
| 23 | I do n't want to talk no more . |
| 24 | They found seats side by side and silently agreed to talk no more about the tragedy . |
| 25 | It may be tempting to talk a great deal about what you have learned about diet , nutrition , exercise , and weight control . |
| 26 | Most students liked to talk a lot because they thought it would impress the professors . |
| 27 | I prefer to talk a little bit . |
| 28 | For example the interviewer may preface a clutch of questions with a general phrase such as , ‘ I 'd like to talk a little about your home background ’ , or ‘ Let's take a look at the sort of experience you have had in the retail business ’ , so that you will find yourself keeping your answers to the subsequent questions pertinent to the area in which the interviewer is interested and do not wander off the point . |
| 29 | For example , if you 're talking about marketing again , to the same audience with John the marketing manager and his department present , you could say : ‘ I 'm going to talk a little about the marketing concept . |
| 30 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |