Example sentences of "[pron] could talk " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there was just one person I could talk to it would n't be so bad . ’ |
| 2 | I saw him ; I could talk to him . |
| 3 | There was never anybody I could talk to about my transsexual feelings . |
| 4 | I could talk lengthily about food without longing for it , and at home I could cook meals without tasting and without my mouth watering . |
| 5 | ‘ I really wish I could talk to that nome , ’ he said . |
| 6 | At the end of 1976 I actually met several people , whom I could talk to , who acknowledged that they were gay and , as a consequence , I then subsequently admitted — and that 's the word I still use — that I was gay . |
| 7 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 8 | The last couple of months it 's been dragging : you feel ‘ I wish I could talk to somebody ’ … not knowing anybody else you tend to get this feeling that unless you go out and talk to someone you 'll go stark raving mad … |
| 9 | I could talk to them and they were a great comfort . |
| 10 | And I just found that I could talk to her , and I think she to me . |
| 11 | I could talk to anybody in fluent French , and Marius had managed a good grasp of the language . |
| 12 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 13 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |
| 14 | The last couple of months it 's been dragging : you feel ‘ I wish I could talk to somebody ’ … not knowing anybody else you tend to get this feeling that unless you go out and talk to someone you 'll go stark raving mad . |
| 15 | Well I , I went to a psychiatrist once looking for a self-help group cos I did n't want tablets or anything I just wanted somebody I could talk to . |
| 16 | You 're very perceptive , because there are things playing on my mind , and yes … it would help me so much if I could talk them over with someone . |
| 17 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |
| 18 | So , it was like a relief that I could talk to him about being pregnant . |
| 19 | The one person I could talk to was Pat and she was great . |
| 20 | I 'd have to talk about wi I could talk to Roger about it and see what |
| 21 | I could talk . |
| 22 | But yes I 'm sure you can be a missionary in Harlow and I 'd like to think that maybe I could erm increase that work and maybe have an afternoon a week where I could talk to people about God , but I think there 's not really time in a ten minute surgery slot . |
| 23 | I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too . |
| 24 | I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow . |
| 25 | There was no one of my age to whom I could talk , and I did n't want to venture out any more . |
| 26 | If Dad was alive I could talk to him . |
| 27 | Sandra : Perhaps I could talk to Cheryl . |
| 28 | Said you were top brass and that I could talk to you as if you were the Commissioner himself . " |
| 29 | So the sort of things that are happening are happening everywhere and community care I think could be probably one of the areas that I could talk about at some length if you wanted to later on . |
| 30 | Afterwards , George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you . |