Example sentences of "speak [prep] him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge of his affair still ate away at her , and it was knowing that she could never speak to him about the affair that hurt most . |
| 2 | Yet when it came to negotiation , who would speak to him in the name of France ? |
| 3 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 4 | A few days later an Englishman had spoken to him on the phone , saying an envelope of pictures Manningham might find interesting were on the way by express registered post . |
| 5 | It was now the second week in January and she had n't spoken to him since the night of the Christmas dance . |
| 6 | Nobody has spoken to him in the way that you have , not for more than a year … |
| 7 | I 've spoken to him in the past about making the place over to you . |
| 8 | The Yorkshire Evening News spoke of him as the man whose motto was ‘ keep smiling ’ . |
| 9 | The boss sounded agitated when I spoke to him over the phone . ’ |
| 10 | The children stood on the top step and spoke to him over the half-door . |
| 11 | From the warmth in her voice , she spoke to him on the comm , I began to suspect that she and Chertro might have been more than friends at one time . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I spoke to him on the phone and he sounds a tough customer . |
| 13 | ‘ No , I spoke to him on the phone . |
| 14 | ‘ I spoke to him on the phone to complain about him putting my name in an article . |
| 15 | His spirits sank again at the prospect and although he went out to Ruislip where his former battalion now had its headquarters , and although he was received by Colonel Bumford , his spirits were at zero three days later when Charity spoke to him on the telephone . |
| 16 | I spoke to him on the telephone . ’ |
| 17 | She did not reply to his cards , and when she spoke to him on the telephone he said she always declined his invitations firmly . |
| 18 | Erm , after the last meeting , erm I wrote to Mr Dicks of Newton Sherwood about the er electoral role they er draft one with one or two amendments , I also wrote back to the Nottinghamshire valuation tribunal , who asked us for er maps and centres of our population which we could n't supply , also wrote to the services , erm which will supply er Smiths erm bungalow on Poor Lane , informing them of our interest off Poor Lane , erm , and also to erm footpaths off this to Mr Jones about the same thing , because Poor Lane is public footpath , erm subsequently I spoke to him on the telephone and erm he advised us that erm they have an interest in it , erm , have received from Notts County Council a little booklet , which |
| 19 | He met poets like Ungharetti and Montale , and had an audience with Pope Pius XII — the Pontiff spoke to him on the theme of poetry and religion , although Eliot knew quite enough about that subject already . |
| 20 | Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career . |
| 21 | ‘ John spoke to him about the inadvisability of running errands on racecourses for his warned-off father , and said that if Jason had any information , he should pass it on to him , John Millington . |
| 22 | He was only jolted out of his misery when he approached the front door leading to his much-maligned flat and , as he struggled to pull his keys out of his right pocket with his left hand , a voice spoke to him from the shadows of the front porch . |
| 23 | She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy . |
| 24 | She should then telephone through to the restaurant manager who will be asked to see that Mr Green is discreetly informed that his wife wishes to speak to him at the reception desk . |