Sentence examples similar to be given a talking-to from inspiring English sources

This week, perhaps unsurprisingly, Sweetenham expressed the view that his compatriot should have been given a talking-to and kept in his post.

The lock was given a talking-to by Irish referee Leo Colgan about his team's indiscipline so it was not a great surprise when Alex Allan was sent to cool off in the sin bin for 10 minutes soon after.

That could be online, it could be social media, or it could be giving a talk to young people, whether at a university or college or on a graduate scheme in a local company.

I will be giving a talk to a class in Chicago in a few weeks.

Maidana is given a talking to by the referee after a grapple which Mauweather claims has hurt his right elbow.

Updated at 3.05pm GMT 2.10pm GMT 77 mins Farrell has just been given a talking to for a late and very high tackle on Gori at the ruck.

Aleksandar Mitrovic was given a talking to before that last chance after clashing with Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross.

I can't fault any of them". Fenlon was given a talking to by referee Euan Norris after voicing complaints about Pepper's goal.

Recently, I was giving a talk to 160 senior executives at a large bank.

He was giving a talk to a church group one Sunday in July when, in the middle of a sentence, he stopped making sense.

Outside the gallery, on a looped video, Bourgeois speaks about her art as if she were giving a talk to the Llansilin Women's Institute.