Example sentences of "[pers pn] was speaking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to see this done , and have argued that it can be done , in the mainstream of the processual archaeology I was speaking of , with an explicit methodology . |
| 2 | In Germany , for example , there 's nothing like the division between Parliament and Government that I was speaking of erm as far as France was concerned , erm nor is there to quite the same extent erm the sort of links between administrative politicians and political administrators , but one of the things they share in common is a tendency to have a legal background and a legal approach to administration , and almost all senior civil servants in Germany , for example , have gone through a legal training . |
| 3 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 4 | She had a few words with him while I was speaking to Meryl Armitage — a delightful girl . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was speaking to this chick writer , ’ drawls Constantine , with just a hint of Ladbroke Grove patois . |
| 6 | I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section |
| 7 | and erm I went to a youth club and I I was speaking to eight year olds and they 're asking about condoms cos they 've seen them in the street , so it 's obviously they 're wanting to find out about it cos it 's everywhere around them even , does n't matter what age . |
| 8 | I believe , perhaps , even then , I was speaking to him , to Leon . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't realize it was the ‘ Queen of Casterbridge market ’ I was speaking to the other night . |
| 10 | I was speaking to a lad who left my office |
| 11 | I spoke to myself and I did n't listen : meaningless words on deaf ears , although they were true , and whoever I was meant them , and whoever I was speaking to knew them for the truth . |
| 12 | You would hear them say , ‘ I was speaking to Larry last week . ’ |
| 13 | and one of the girls who I was speaking to , oh I 'd like to do that , she could n't for the , the one that we 're doing |
| 14 | And Carl sa I was speaking to Carl today and he said , well surely , you know the three of them have weighed that up ? |
| 15 | I was speaking to somebody about this er , a few days ago , and you know they said erm I said , in a way that does n't really apply today , because none of us like to think we 're bad . |
| 16 | hold on , I was speaking to erm Sukey and Marsha and in between master with Mr |
| 17 | I , I was speaking to Charlie in erm rehearsals . |
| 18 | And I was speaking to Elaine today erm , over at Queensway , who , who I used to work with and erm , her erm nephew , ne niece |
| 19 | Did you get that bit erm , when I was speaking to you about how everybody hates you and stuff ? |
| 20 | And last Saturday I was speaking to her and Gary and the hotel phoned up and said pipes had burst . |
| 21 | I really genuinely thought I was speaking for everyone , but they would now say they did n't particularly agree with me . |
| 22 | I was speaking for him . |
| 23 | I did n't think it necessary to comment about that in my reply to that , in fact I have , I was speaking with er Mr when I saw this question down and reported it to him that his name was being used in such a way erm . |
| 24 | ‘ But I was speaking about the price of vegetables , ’ said Anwar . |
| 25 | I was speaking about the lady in the back . |
| 26 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 27 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
| 28 | as I was speaking at erm a neighbours and friends group at my parents church and Rosie heard about it and she said will I come and speak to you . |
| 29 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 30 | Perchance I was speaking by telephone this afternoon to a building contractor who specialises in this type of work . |