Example sentences of "[been] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 And , it 's not a text but perhaps a verse that we could use as a , as a springboard is verse twenty seven , and it says at this point his disciples came and they marvelled that he had been speaking with a woman !
2 The second thing , to compound it , was that the Lord Jesus , obviously being a man , and should not have se , been speaking with a woman about serious and important issues !
3 If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper .
4 But I might have been speaking to a corpse , she was so pale and still and silent .
5 But in his heart he knew that he had been speaking to a troubled spirit , a spirit that had something terrible to confess .
6 I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’
7 I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with and what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’
8 One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything
9 Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen .
10 Then , in the same gentle tone she had heard Travis use when he had been speaking to the woman he loved , he murmured , ‘ Leith , my darling , I just ca n't keep it to myself any longer — do you mind ? ’
11 He spotted your sign , ’ Vitor said , with a nod towards it , ‘ so he 's been speaking to the locals and asking a few questions . ’
12 Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes .
13 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
14 She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News .
15 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 .
16 He 's been speaking at a debate on the issue in Strasbourg .
17 The Princess of Wales has been speaking about the problems faced by people caring for loved ones who have suffered brain damage .
18 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 .
19 He 's been speaking from the mountain using a satellite telephone .
20 The words had been spoken with the finality of a full stop .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 He refused to confirm that harsh words had been spoken in the dressing room afterwards but his post-match interview suggested as much .
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