Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] contact " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cardiff retained eye contact with the blond man as he drew level . |
| 2 | We can either do nothing erm and just wait and see whether he com comes back to you and says I want access contact to er to Ricky , erm in which case we can then do something about it . |
| 3 | On the edge of the runway Greg brought the ambulance to a halt and while they prepared to wait for the incoming aircraft , David maintained radio contact with the control tower . |
| 4 | Their operations are monitored by three small mobile commands which move around inside Cambodia , keeping radio contact with each other and with the base camps along the Thai border . |
| 5 | Do n't pass between the speechreader and the person he is talking with ; go round them unobtrusively so that you do not break eye contact . |
| 6 | I smile back and we hold eye contact for a few seconds . |
| 7 | If a foal is frightened in the paddock it will rush back to its mother , and seek body contact with her ( often at the ‘ milkbar ’ ) for reassurance . |
| 8 | Horses also seek body contact for reassurance . |
| 9 | establishing customer contact |
| 10 | Through using eye contact and body language to indicate that it 's time to move on . |
| 11 | You can not read and make eye contact with the audience . |
| 12 | Calvin turns a little way around but he does not speak or make eye contact . |
| 13 | You ca n't make eye contact if you 're speaking to a piece of paper . |
| 14 | R would be a pity to lose business contact with her . ’ |
| 15 | Our facial expressions , our hand gestures , the way we hold our arms and body , and whether or not we make eye contact — all of these give out messages , sometimes to supplement our voices and sometimes instead of them . |
| 16 | Never make eye contact . |
| 17 | Smile and chat to your baby , make eye contact and hold hands . |
| 18 | He avoided eye contact immediately . |
| 19 | As ‘ Sally ’ came level , we made eye contact and I smiled politely at her . |
| 20 | For advice on how to express milk contact one of the breast-feeding advice groups whose addresses are given on pp 336–7 . |
| 21 | To avoid disappointment contact Richard Holgate on ( 0255 ) 675680 ( day only ) or Stephen Durrant on ( 0255 ) 672224 ( evenings only ) . |
| 22 | They seem delighted and although so far we have only had telephone contact , I feel sure they will be able to drive their ‘ new ’ acquisition for many years to come . |
| 23 | Turning away to avoid eye contact , not talking or commenting on the behaviour , and not touching or allowing the child to climb on to their lap are essential characteristics . |
| 24 | For in that case , the elaborate precautions to avoid eye contact could be read as a suspicion of his motives and thereby create a second order of virtual offence . |
| 25 | Because apparently we 've all got to avoid eye contact either that right , or facial expression . |
| 26 | Uses low-status behaviour , avoids eye contact , keeps the face frozen , uses defensive body language , mumbles , speaks too quickly or too quietly , and uses too many ‘ ums ’ and ‘ ers ’ . |
| 27 | Maggie , who usually avoids eye contact for too long , keeps her face steady on mine . |
| 28 | Who avoids eye contact , and why ? |
| 29 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |
| 30 | I exchanged eye contact with Werewolf 's shades . |