Example sentences of "talk to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every secretary whose word processor refuses to talk to its printer , every technologically-challenged hotel receptionist , every journalist who has ever seen his scoop disappear forever through the hole in the ozone layer can walk a little taller . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll leave you to talk to yer monkey , ’ said , Mrs Beavis . |
| 3 | Tomorrow he would have to talk to her family and last known associates . |
| 4 | No , the police 'll want to talk to her first , wo n't they ? |
| 5 | They always chose an aisle seat so that Sweetheart could slip away to talk to her friends without disturbing anyone . |
| 6 | Liz was prepared to allow the therapist to talk to her parents , but she did not want her to tell them about her problems concerning the shop , preferring to discuss these with them herself . |
| 7 | Liz felt the main problem was finding a way to talk to her parents about her difficulties with the shop . |
| 8 | Liz asked the therapist to talk to her parents on her behalf , but the therapist suggested she herself did it with the therapist 's support . |
| 9 | One important objective of counselling was to improve communication within the family , which was achieved in the first session when the therapist took a supportive but firm approach and encouraged the patient to talk to her parents then . |
| 10 | ‘ She seems to be recovering well and is cheerful , able to talk to her visitors , ’ he added . |
| 11 | She would like to talk to her own mother about the children , but there is no contact at the moment because Mr Smith told Susan 's mother to ‘ xxxx off ’ when he thought she was interfering in the family . |
| 12 | She would like to talk to her own mother about the children , but there is no contact at the moment because Mr Smith told Susan 's mother to ‘ … off ’ when he thought she was interfering in the family . |
| 13 | She flinches as a machine gun stutters nearby , then wanders over to talk to her budgies , Niki and Nikica . |
| 14 | A girl needs to talk to her girlfriends two , three , four times a day . |
| 15 | She had tried to talk to her father about her fears . |
| 16 | Anneliese had turned to talk to her husband and friends near by , and Caroline felt abruptly marooned with Roman , unnerved by the force of her feelings . |
| 17 | A girl in a purple suit began to talk to her friend beside her . |
| 18 | Wickham revived the Black Friar meeting , suggesting Maureen knew what Barron wanted to talk to her father about and asking why it had been important to them to meet in a pub instead of one of the two Fleet Street offices at their disposal . |
| 19 | I tried to talk to her father … by the poolhouse . |
| 20 | Alice did not have to talk to her neighbour . |
| 21 | She had blushed a fiery red as he had walked over , dressed in his race gear , to talk to her brother . |
| 22 | She sounded tense , and a little disbelieving that she was actually going to talk to her father . |
| 23 | He did , and with a relieved smile she turned back to talk to her new-found friends on her other side , and within half an hour , to Donal 's exasperated amusement , had quite a crowd round her , all vying with each other to tell her stories . |
| 24 | He said he would make arrangements for Mrs Bean to be taken to hospital , but that he would prefer to talk to her son first . |
| 25 | She did not want to talk to her friend about Jamie , and she did not trust herself to hold a lengthy conversation with Bridget without mentioning his visit . |
| 26 | ‘ Now is that any way for a nicely brought-up young lady to talk to her host ? ’ |
| 27 | I tried to persuade her to go home , even suggested I go with her to talk to her parents but she could n't even face that . |
| 28 | A MAN who abused a young girl for four years was jailed for three months at Stirling Sheriff Court yesterday after a television programme had prompted the child to talk to her mother . |
| 29 | Students are encouraged to talk to their advisers about their work and progress and to seek assistance , if required , with study or examination skills ; |
| 30 | Later I was told that in criminal trials counsel are not permitted to talk to their witnesses during adjournments . |