Sentence examples for serious talking-to from inspiring English sources

Froch was wide-open to almost every single Johnson right, looked troubled by short lefts to the ribs and needed a serious talking-to in the corner on several occasions.

"After an emergency meeting in the U.S., Justin's people had him on Skype to bosses and he was given a serious talking-to," a source told the U.K. paper the Mirror.

When's the last time you sat your vagina down for a serious talking to?

I'm not one for irrationally and emotionally firing coaches, but Coach Hope needs to have a serious talking to.

But sometimes, when they begin to believe the hype, even the best of them need to be taken round the back of the bike sheds for a serious talking to.

It is long past time for serious talks to test the Dalai Lama's intentions.

Coca-Cola is in serious talks to buy Quaker Oats, the maker of Gatorade, according to executives close to the talks.

As opposition MPs who have met with the government today have discovered, the prime minister is not yet prepared for serious talks to find a way forward.

Or that is what it seemed like in May 2004 when it emerged he was in "serious" talks to buy a controlling stake of Liverpool football club.

If May sticks to her promise of triggering article 50 by the end of March 2017, the 27 governments of the EU can be expected to agree a mandate by late April or early May, paving the way for serious talks to begin.

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont)., a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, held out hope that the Oval Office clash might have cleared the air to allow serious talks to begin.