Example sentences of "[adj] talk [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple , who live in the north of the city , were too embarrassed to talk about the missing nestegg . |
| 2 | Vietnam , however , maintained that internal issues should be discussed with the SOC government in Phnom Penh ; it was only willing to talk about the international aspects of the problem , and urged the USA to expand the talks to include the SOC government . |
| 3 | My right hon. Friend is right to talk about the industrial capacity being too low to produce the recovery we need . |
| 4 | Robinson wo n't comment on House of Windsor , but he 's delighted to talk about the forthcoming £15m sponsorship of Coronation Street . |
| 5 | He is wont to talk of the new vision that Lorca 's poetry gave to him ; ‘ here is my landscape , ’ he exclaimed repeatedly . |
| 6 | And if we all talk at the same time , he ca n't hear anything . |
| 7 | 4 Talk about the two stories — are there any ways in which they can be made even better ? |
| 8 | They bubbled with enthusiasm , all talking at the same time while raving on about the beauty of the bush walk . |
| 9 | And at the same time you 've got ta be able to talk to the managing director and have lunch with him and talk about what was on television and what the state of the country is and the economic situation and everything , you know . |
| 10 | This is a pretty odd combination if you think about it for dormice and hares do not really talk and so would not be able to talk to the mad hatter , a human . |
| 11 | I was able to talk to the German customer and the people on the floor , who are excessively worried about the number of people coming in from the East , not only East Germany but they 're very , very worried about people coming in from Eastern Europe , and secondly there was so much East European food that was for sale in Germany at very low prices and there 's food that used to go to the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | People wore different clothes , shopped in privately-owned shops and were able to talk with the thousands of foreigners living , working in or touring China . |
| 13 | Whether from shame or fear of the all-pervasive Mukhabarat security police , people are reluctant to talk of the four civilians in Maan who were killed - they do not use the word ‘ martyred ’ as would Palestinians on the West Bank of the river — during the ‘ sorrowful events ’ as they are known in official parlance . |
| 14 | This is the second year in a row that the Opposition leader has claimed to be too busy to talk to the boisterous crew . |
| 15 | When investigating an alleged miscarriage of justice , I have always made it a rule first to talk to the convicted man 's trial solicitor as he is likely to be the last man his client would wish to con , or would succeed in conning ii he tried . |
| 16 | I have a meeting with a software house at ten thirty , Mike is coming in at three thirty to talk about the new book , and tonight 's one of the nights when Yvonne is teaching , so I have to be home by a reasonable hour , so that we can exchange car keys and padlock keys and that sort thing . |
| 17 | He likes watching TV with his father and is keen to talk to the latter about the programmes they see together . |
| 18 | He likes watching TV with his father and is keen to talk to the latter about the programmes they see together . |
| 19 | A travel company from Thailand has contacted the People 's Committee about the possibility of bringing in tourists , and the governor of the province , An He , is keen to talk to the few foreigners who pass through about his hypothetical Riviera . |
| 20 | Now that it is fashionable to talk of the imminent collapse of civilization , their day has come on Wall Street ’ ( 16 February 1974 ) . |