Example sentences of "[be] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're speaking as a supporter whose team has suddenly came good after years of mediocrity , not one whose team is struggling after years of success . |
| 2 | when you 're speaking into the group could you |
| 3 | Well the election agent was the man responsible for getting that data through to the , the candidate to say that you 're speaking at a meeting , such and such a night , and another meeting at such and such so keeping the , keeps that candidate on his toes , all the time , during an election campaign until election 's over and then of course er you know what transpires after that I su it 's either |
| 4 | You ca n't make eye contact if you 're speaking to a piece of paper . |
| 5 | You ca n't be persuasive if you 're speaking to a piece of paper , if you 're reading from a script . |
| 6 | What do we need to ensure in terms of pitch when we 're speaking to a group of people ? |
| 7 | Well now the the thing is and you 're speaking to an expert here |
| 8 | Because if you 're speaking from a script you 're going to be speaking like this . |
| 9 | I certainly advise you to keep asking questions throughout because as I say although they 're speaking in a very very general way the often slip up and give you a particular that you can take advantage and if you lead them on then the more information is available to you . |
| 10 | ( If you use a broadcast conversation — for example a TV chat show — remember that although it shares many features with private conversation it will also have an important difference : that the participants are speaking for an audience as well as for themselves . ) |
| 11 | If you are nervous before having to use your voice , whether you are speaking to a conference or about to ask the bank manager for a loan , the first secret of success is to feel those nerves instead of tensing yourself against them . |
| 12 | But you are speaking of an occasion some days ago , when we recovered him after an attempt at escape . |
| 13 | ‘ Old people are their life , it 's not just a business venture for them , they genuinely care and they are speaking from the heart , ’ he said . |
| 14 | These are all words used in different areas when people are speaking in a friendly way . |
| 15 | For example , if you use the words , ‘ I am resigning ’ , that unambiguous statement is likely to be taken at face value unless perhaps you are speaking in the heat of the moment or under duress . |
| 16 | And I am speaking of the so-called infamous Gorbals . |
| 17 | I am speaking about a special form of small-holding — the croft , as defined by the UK parliament in legislation , from the first Crofters Act of 1886 to the Act of 1976 which gave the crofter the right to purchase his holding on very favourable terms . |
| 18 | ‘ I am speaking from the home of Mrs Browning , ’ I said . |
| 19 | And , it 's not a text but perhaps a verse that we could use as a , as a springboard is verse twenty seven , and it says at this point his disciples came and they marvelled that he had been speaking with a woman ! |
| 20 | The second thing , to compound it , was that the Lord Jesus , obviously being a man , and should not have se , been speaking with a woman about serious and important issues ! |
| 21 | If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper . |
| 22 | But I might have been speaking to a corpse , she was so pale and still and silent . |
| 23 | But in his heart he knew that he had been speaking to a troubled spirit , a spirit that had something terrible to confess . |
| 24 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 25 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with and what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 26 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 27 | Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen . |
| 28 | Then , in the same gentle tone she had heard Travis use when he had been speaking to the woman he loved , he murmured , ‘ Leith , my darling , I just ca n't keep it to myself any longer — do you mind ? ’ |
| 29 | He spotted your sign , ’ Vitor said , with a nod towards it , ‘ so he 's been speaking to the locals and asking a few questions . ’ |
| 30 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |