Example sentences of "[be] speak [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well now the the thing is and you 're speaking to an expert here |
| 2 | ( 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 . ) |
| 3 | But you are speaking of an occasion some days ago , when we recovered him after an attempt at escape . |
| 4 | The three candidates will be speaking at an open meeting arranged by the Christian Election Forum , on Sunday at 8pm , in Stockton parish church . |
| 5 | Oh it should be covered definitely , I mean I watch I mean you 've got all the extended programmes , I mean last night I watched the nine o'clock news until ten o'clock and then the one o'clock news at dinner time until two and , and erm various things , I mean I think it 's quite enough myself , I mean I 'm speaking as an ex-soldier at seventy years old , and I think well I do n't think really that people necessarily want to hear it all , even the people who 've got people over there . |
| 6 | I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent . |
| 7 | Often , the words alleged against the accused were spoken in an alehouse , and although alcohol might help loosen one 's inhibitions , we surely have to be sceptical about the depth of commitment of someone whose only Jacobite statement was made in a drunken stupor . |
| 8 | Kylie is speaking after an amazing journey which tested her nerves to the full . |
| 9 | To speak of a standard effect is to speak of an event necessitated by a circumstance , and to imply the existence of such an effect by speaking of a cause is to imply the existence of a necessitated event . |
| 10 | Mr Smyth was speaking at an economic review seminar in Belfast organised by the Confederation of British Industry and First Trust Bank . |
| 11 | Rod Richards , the Tory MP for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 12 | Rod Richards , the Tory Member for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 13 | But he was speaking to an already retreating Pascoe . |
| 14 | David was speaking to an Australian radio station shortly before lawyers acting for the Princess issued writs against and the gym owner . |
| 15 | Chirac did n't even know where to go while Le Barre was speaking on an empty white platform with no chairs , and when it was his turn to speak he had no chance of a good clean start because he had to shake hands with Le Barre as they passed on the stairs . |