Example sentences of "have [art] [adj] conversation [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Morrissey has had a lengthy conversation with the mother of Lesley Ann Downey , Mrs West , and she understands that the intentions of the song are completely honourable . |
| 2 | I have also had a short conversation with her in court using the medium of her cannon communicator and its ticker tape . |
| 3 | At eighteen — the period of the mousseline de soie dress — she had found herself hanging around a certain area of Twickenham , where they were then living , in the hopes of encountering the doctor 's son , with whom she had had a strangled conversation at some social gathering . |
| 4 | but as you say I , I can never have a real conversation with her like I can natter |
| 5 | Harry turned back to Sam , with whom he had been having a private conversation on a quite different subject . |
| 6 | As a matter of fact , we were having a private conversation in here . |
| 7 | But Chester , who had their manager Harry McNally sent from the dugout in the first half for protesting about a high tackle by Smith on midfielder Gary Bennett ‘ I was having a private conversation in the dugout with one of my staff when the linesman interrupted ’ he said later started creating chances . |
| 8 | Jack and Alison were having a hasty conversation on the landing . |
| 9 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 10 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 11 | She was too busy watching her godmother , who had reached her father 's side and was having an animated conversation with him , albeit a somewhat one-sided one . |
| 12 | gesture in front of a group exactly as if you were having an animated conversation with a friend nothing more , nothing less . |
| 13 | He leans back , crosses his legs , and looks like a man having an agreeable conversation in his club . |
| 14 | A figure moved across from the dark corner in which he had been having an earnest conversation with a black boy , and sat down next to her . |
| 15 | Phone him , see him , sort something out and then perhaps we 'll be able to have a normal conversation without you snapping my head off ! ’ |
| 16 | Terry used his limited Arabic to have a long conversation with another visitor who suggested that an American would go home soon with the Irishman and then , after a little while , during which our governments were expected to ‘ make the next step ’ , another American with a Briton and so on . |
| 17 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 18 | You are more likely to have a useful conversation about safer sex if you do n't leave it until you are sexually aroused , drunk , or very tired . |
| 19 | ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’ |
| 20 | Jane , a 40-year-old systems analyst , sums it up when she comments , ‘ Sometimes weeks can go by before I even get a chance to have a proper conversation with my husband ! ’ |
| 21 | Paul Parker , captaining the side in David Graveney 's absence , had the following conversation with Simon Hughes : ‘ Let's have ‘ Bains ’ in the circle ’ ‘ That 's not ‘ Bains ! ’ |
| 22 | Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103 , one of Nana 's favourites , in morning assembly ; after this feat her teacher had a long conversation above her head with her mother , and began to come to their house on Saturdays to give her extra lessons . |
| 23 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 24 | He had a long conversation with a Russian passenger , who talked about magic and ‘ hidden powers ’ in a most interesting way . |
| 25 | A couple of years ago I had a fascinating conversation with Professor Max Clues on just this subject . |
| 26 | The Headman too was bright and intelligent , and they had a cheery conversation with me as interpreter . |
| 27 | I suspect he would have been rewarded by now had a private conversation of his on a car telephone not been picked up and leaked a couple of years ago . |
| 28 | After the meal , Stirling had a private conversation with the Prime Minister , and put forward his views about the future of his unit in strong terms . |
| 29 | ‘ No it 's the phone , ’ said Ellen , who picked it up and had a pretend conversation in her undifferentiated monotone . |
| 30 | They had a short conversation in German and seemed to disagree about something . |