Example sentences of "[be] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | like I 've just said , I 've just been speaking for a whole lesson , my voice is just I 've got to talk to you to explain what we 're doing , so let's quietly |
| 32 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 33 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |
| 34 | He 's been speaking at a debate on the issue in Strasbourg . |
| 35 | The Princess of Wales has been speaking about the problems faced by people caring for loved ones who have suffered brain damage . |
| 36 | Reports at the turn of the year 1942–3 referring in the usual glowing terms of undiminished confidence of the people in ‘ its beloved Führer ’ and claiming that ‘ the person of the Führer was as always put beyond criticism ’ had been speaking in the conventional exaggerations of the regime 's apparatchiks . |
| 37 | He 's been speaking from the mountain using a satellite telephone . |
| 38 | And the same things are spoken about every day . |
| 39 | The words that are to be recognised are spoken into the system one at a time and the resulting information is stored as a ‘ library ’ . |
| 40 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 41 | However , the lyrics , some of which are spoken by a seven-year-old , are annoyingly political and can be as unbelievable as the band 's promotional literature . |
| 42 | The course should inform participants which languages are spoken in the country concerned , if English is generally used and whether a local language needs to be learned for business and/or social communication . |
| 43 | The words had been spoken with the finality of a full stop . |
| 44 | Yet even though in my part Welsh has not been spoken for a long time , and indeed the natives have even forgotten the Welsh pronunciation of our Celtic place-names , it would not cross my neighbours ' minds that just living there makes me Welsh . |
| 45 | A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house . |
| 46 | He refused to confirm that harsh words had been spoken in the dressing room afterwards but his post-match interview suggested as much . |
| 47 | Doug Alker , RNID 's director of quality and research , who will be speaking at the event , said its aim was to give the deaf and hard of hearing better access to banks , shops , offices and local councils . |
| 48 | The three candidates will be speaking at an open meeting arranged by the Christian Election Forum , on Sunday at 8pm , in Stockton parish church . |
| 49 | In such a situation , the participants may , in fact , ‘ speak topically ’ , but they might also be said to be speaking on a topic . |
| 50 | ‘ The members of this delegation will be speaking to a number of prisoners . |
| 51 | On his last day in New Zealand , in his valedictory address to the press corps , Irish manager Noel Murphy announced that ‘ when I get back to Dublin I will be speaking to the members of the IRFU involved in coaching , like former Irish coaches Syd Millar , Ronnie Dawson and Tom Kiernan , with our director of rugby , George Spotswood , with the various provincial coaches and with the coaches involved here in New Zealand , Ciaran Fitzgerald and Gerry Murphy . |
| 52 | In two weeks I shall be speaking to the people who worked for me and campaigned and raised money when I thought I was as good as dead and buried . |
| 53 | In a moment we 'll be speaking to the doctors who 've helped Bilal and Samir . |
| 54 | ‘ We are not at all pleased with them and we will be speaking to the college about what occurred . ’ |
| 55 | After the break I 'll be speaking to the Gloucester rugby player , Mike Teague , about his selection for the British Lions Tour of Australia . |
| 56 | However , Cannes club captain Luis Fernandez , who claimed to be speaking with the authority of the club 's board , said : ‘ We find it unacceptable that the disciplinary committee refused to accept our evidence and that Louis Niccolin should be judge and plaintiff at the same time . |
| 57 | It 's for all these reasons that Madonna has been accused of setting back the women 's movement 30 years , but she 's never claimed to be speaking for the cause . |
| 58 | What sort of person ( or creature ) appears to be speaking in the text ? |
| 59 | When it goes , I mean I 'm speaking as a resident of The Stow and I know there 's lot 's of complaints and shop keepers and er people in the flats and that round you know the shops there and you do feel a bit intimidated if you walk through The Stow at night . |
| 60 | I 'm speaking as a bus driver , yes , within a company that 's about to be privatized , and yes of course the bottom line is important and management think that it is vitally important and we know no longer get subsidies from any where including the Government , unlike your erm Local District Council , operated services so its very , very difficult for people in our position to actually keep services on the road if they do n't pay . |