Example sentences of "to talk to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know if you would like to talk to Mum and me first ? ’
2 Before we went home , Brown Owl came to talk to Mum and Dad and she bent down and said ‘ Hello ’ to Natalie too .
3 No chance to talk to Mum about the bike I dream of day and night !
4 One thing A wing does is force inmates to talk to sex offenders — nonces in prison slang .
5 The programme will consist of a presentation , a panel discussion when guests will have an opportunity to talk to University Admissions Tutors about current issues , lunch , and an opportunity to visit departments .
6 It is now travel business legend that Airtours had seen ILG 's demise coming and despatched staff to the most popular resorts in February to talk to hotel owners about the possibility of booking spare space if any other tour operator found itself unable to fulfil its obligations .
7 ‘ You do n't want to talk to Dad ? ’
8 And it 's easier to get along with brother so and so and sister so and so , but for goodness me I find , I find it ever so difficult to talk to sister so and so and there 's an area perhaps that we can er think about , stay awake by being respectful and obedient and that 's something that is very important because it 's completely opposite in the world today , respect for all authority and obedience to it is absolutely gone by the ways I find refrain from criticism and careless talk so there are the main points , but as we say we ca n't go into them all , well , so what we 're going to do is to try and just highlight one or two little areas which we could er enlarge on or put the magnifying glass on , so shall we do that ?
9 He says that shop stewards will want to talk to managment again .
10 Frederica tried to talk to M. Grimaud about Racine but , although he could quote several speeches , he was more interested in what Racine was and meant than in what he had written .
11 ‘ Have you had a chance to talk to Nan ? ’ he asked her .
12 Besides questioning the pilot , air accident investigators will also want to talk to air traffic controllers and to the Civil Aviation Authorities airport safety experts .
13 She had not wanted to talk to Finn but she could not help it when he came and sat on the counter .
14 ‘ Yes , it 's good to talk to Nature .
15 He was going to talk to Daddy — about us . ’
16 The idea is that a user of Ardis , presently the largest wireless network and equally owned by Motorola and IBM Corp , would for example be able to talk to RAM Mobile Data users , says Reuter .
17 You wanted me to talk to Mother about her investments , about making money over to de Chavigny .
18 After a couple of minutes ' polite talk and the offer of a cup of tea , Mrs Tanner went away to talk to mother .
19 ‘ If we 're going to talk to Grandson , 39 , then it 'd better be you who does it .
20 We would like you to talk to Earth Commander . ’
21 But we need to talk to Earth Commander again .
22 ‘ But someone needs to talk to Earth Commander again . ’
23 ‘ We want to talk to Earth Commander about the AOL .
24 Det Sgt Martyn Lowrie said officers needed to talk to victim Paul Deacon , 33 , before they could decide whether the blaze at his first floor flat in Ford Way , Bishop Auckland , could have been started deliberately .
25 ‘ Yes , but you see , ’ said Caspar , feeling his way cautiously now , ‘ you see , Inchbad would like to talk to Flame himself .
26 Neighbours arrive to talk to officialdom ; they voice strong opposition but are careful not to provoke trouble .
27 Jacko and Co were very keen to talk to television , radio supporters last year when the plaudits were flying about .
28 I 'm trying to talk to nanny .
29 The reorganisation of the CNRS and other bodies is one facet of a major principle behind the government strategy : the researcher must be tempted down from his ivory tower to talk to industry and think about the needs of the real world .
30 To her , it was somehow disrespectful to talk to Cabinet ministers in a sweater .
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