Example sentences of "[prep] talk [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hear Sabrina in the bar below talking to the two men . |
| 2 | America is his favourite way of talking about the undiscovered country , and it shows that as well as suicide and blanket boredom he has taken over the flavour of Raskolnikov 's joke about getting used to family life . |
| 3 | New ways of thought , concentrated but largely ineffectual attempts to persuade the British that they are ‘ European ’ , a fear of talking about the English ‘ race ’ and its diaspora round the world and the virtual disappearance of the word ‘ Protestant ’ as an adjective to describe anyone other than Ulster fanatics , has meant that a once powerful cultural and historic bond is little understood in the late twentieth century . |
| 4 | The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , K. O. P. M. Karunanidhi , was given the responsibility of talking to the various Tamil groups to persuade them to come to a peaceful settlement after the withdrawal of the IPKF . |
| 5 | Growing burrs and hooks , reaming her snaggled , sleep-starved nerves , her fretting longed for the relaxation of talking to the one person who had always taken her part : her sister . |
| 6 | As well as political action , the CIOB is also in the process of talking to the main clearing banks . |
| 7 | There were two reasons not to use the phone at home — the cost to a generous woman living on a widow 's pension , and the impossibility of talking in the open-plan downstairs without being overheard . |
| 8 | Fatally , it may also lose interest in talking to the vulgar herd outside . |
| 9 | In talking of the contradictory elements of social consciousness , social representation theorists would be addressing an issue which is central to the rhetorical approach to social psychology . |
| 10 | So far in talking of the bereaved , we have had most clearly in mind the spouse of a dead person . |
| 11 | The hon. and learned Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) persisted in talking about the new harsher penalties that would be available under the Bill . |
| 12 | As his skipper celebrated his recall to the England squad , Gunners boss Graham said yesterday : ‘ I can tell you categorically from talking to the top managers that Adams is the player they 'd all want in their side . |
| 13 | ‘ But they will have no experience of running pubs and I know from talking to the local bench that licensing magistrates are concerned at the standard of new licensees . ’ |
| 14 | It was some distance and they refrained from talking throughout the hour-long trip . |
| 15 | There were so few homes where she could relax and , without talking about the hidden things , not be consciously hiding them . |
| 16 | Afterwards we fell to talking of the cold December Wednesday in 1967 when he and the rest of Tow Law 's bairns took the afternoon off school to watch the local Northern League side beat Mansfield Town 5–1 in the FA Cup . |
| 17 | White collar representatives add they ’ look forward to talking to the new management and will be discussing job security and concerns over investment and training . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Where do you live ? ’ she asked , feeling a little less nervous about talking with the young man . |
| 19 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 20 | Clark does not help his case by talking of the human ‘ subnormal ’ for it is a class , as we have seen , that manifests a wide range of distinctly human abilities . |
| 21 | Moving on to Mr Curtis , I do n't want to dwell and re re er restate the the difference I had with Mr Curtis this morning , but again he did start a little bit of a red herring running by talking about the major commitment for retailing facilities , er there is a major commitment for retailing facilities in Greater York , er a degree of all provision . |
| 22 | I tried to take his mind off her by talking about the Norwegian leather industry but he could n't get interested somehow . |