Example sentences of "[am/are] 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 the same things are spoken about every day . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I mean I 'm speaking as a political animal because I watch all the television , I mean I take my wireless to bed and listen to the actually I was listening to the wireless at erm half past eleven when they started it , so I 'm not speaking as a person that sort of does n't watch or listen to the Gulf business , but I think it 's erm on too much . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I 'm speaking of every day , every week , your life . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh God , every day it seems I 'm speaking to a mate who 's just been robbed , ’ said Woody , sometime Cross Key 's barman , in his thick Lancashire accent . |
| 30 | ‘ All right , ’ she spat , afraid of nothing now , resigned to being dismissed , ‘ I 'm speaking to the doctor ! |