Example sentences of "[pers pn] was speaking at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She was speaking at the home of Sergeant Major Cross 's parents , Arthur and Joy , in Little Hulton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester . |
| 4 | She was speaking at the launch of this year 's Royal British Legion poppy appeal in Southampton . |
| 5 | She was speaking at the Howdon Tennis Centre in Eden ridge , Kent , at the 20th stop of the adidas Challenge , a series of winter tournaments aimed at bringing countrywide competition in the winter months to British youngsters . |
| 6 | She was speaking at random , saying anything at all , only to try to distract this acute old woman from saying what was clearly in her mind . |
| 7 | She was speaking at the launch of Opportunity 2000 at the Ulster Bank 's offices in Donegall Place . |
| 8 | She was speaking at a conference looking at problems facing the countryside . |
| 9 | She was speaking at the end of the inquiry into the death of Jean Cook , of Bridgecastle Road , Armadale , who fell out of bed in hospital twice within seven hours in March last year . |
| 10 | He was speaking at a press conference in Dublin following the decision by the Irish Republic 's Director of Public Prosecutions on Thursday not to bring a case under the 1976 Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act , allowing prosecutions in the Republic for offences allegedly committed in Britain . |
| 11 | He was speaking at a Reading University dairy information systems ( DAISY ) meeting held for veterinary surgeons . |
| 12 | He was speaking at the official launch of KPMG 's new Gatwick base — the latest location in the firm 's regional network of offices throughout the south-east counties of Surrey , Sussex and Kent . |
| 13 | He was speaking at the Age Resource Awards ceremony in London where he mixed up three of the commendations , much to the amusement of the mainly elderly audience . |
| 14 | He was speaking at the end of an interesting day when 160 people — the Bishop , 21 priests and parishioners from all parts of the diocese — met at St Benedict 's School , Upton Wirral . |
| 15 | He was speaking at the publication of National 's ‘ pathfinder prospectus ’ which forecasts a turnaround from last year 's £1.24m loss to £6.5m profits to end December . |
| 16 | He was speaking at Sarajevo airport after Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic and Bosnian Croat commander General Milivoje Petkovic signed an agreement to cease fire throughout Bosnia on Tuesday . |
| 17 | He was speaking at a lunch organised by the Industrial Development Board for leading businessmen in the Province , and his words went down well . |
| 18 | Talking of reruns Madam er deputy speaker , er I almost feel I 'm involved in a series of reruns with the er with the minister himself because er in a series of bills er committees in the eighties , standing committees on the building societies bill , on the banking bill , on the financial services er bill , as they all were , er he was speaking at that time er in favour of more effective regulation , backing the votes of this side er for kind , the kind of policies it 's introducing today . |
| 19 | He was speaking at a press conference at Conwy at which the message to flood victims was : ‘ Do n't go home until you ring our Helpline . ’ |
| 20 | He was speaking at the official launch of ‘ BackUp ’ , a befriending scheme designed to help Wirral children and young people going through difficult periods in their lives , yesterday afternoon . |
| 21 | He was speaking at the new driving standards agency in Nottingham . |
| 22 | He was speaking at Gosford Hill School in Kidlington today . |