Example sentences of "was speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was speaking of the area around Northfield Lane , north of Oakwood , which was a new settlement concern within the buildings themselves . |
| 2 | As early as 4 January 1936 he was speaking of the political crisis in Spain , predicting a violent confrontation between Popular Front Republicanism and the fascism of Gil Robles . |
| 3 | He was speaking of the unreal world in which some of his friends here seem to live . |
| 4 | She was speaking with the usual tone of insincere humility that she puts on when talking about human qualities that Intelloids lack . |
| 5 | He was speaking for a Tory candidate at the election . |
| 6 | He discovered that night , in what has been called his ‘ Luftwaffe ’ speech , that his was not a voice in the wilderness ; instead , he was speaking for the man on the Clapham omnibus . |
| 7 | That young man , I am afraid , was speaking for the television-viewing nation . |
| 8 | Mr Mbeki was speaking at a meeting of the South Africa Coalition , a broad grouping of British organisations trying to change British policy over South Africa . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
| 11 | He was speaking at a Reading University dairy information systems ( DAISY ) meeting held for veterinary surgeons . |
| 12 | Rutter , who was speaking at a conference organised by CLEAR , the anti-lead group , went on to question the way committees such as the Lawther committee are set up . |
| 13 | The Right Reverend Philip Goodrich , Bishop of Worcester , was speaking at a conference on the future of marriage . |
| 14 | He was speaking at a lunch organised by the Industrial Development Board for leading businessmen in the Province , and his words went down well . |
| 15 | Lowry was speaking at a conference of " nuclear-free " local authorities , which called for a halt to the import and processing of all foreign radioactive waste , pending a public investigation into the government 's strategy on nuclear waste . |
| 16 | She was speaking at a conference looking at problems facing the countryside . |
| 17 | Mr Patten was speaking at a Newspapers In Education conference in Bristol , which is looking at ways of getting children involved with their local paper at an early age . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Mr John Edmonds , general secretary of the GMB , was speaking at a press conference given by Mr Alan Milburn , the Labour candidate for the town . |
| 20 | Sir Graham was speaking at a meeting in Edinburgh to debate the future of science in Britain . |
| 21 | Mrs Jones , who is a director of the poppy factory , was speaking at a ceremony at Southampton on board Sea Princess , whose P&O sister ship , Canberra , took part in the Falklands conflict . |
| 22 | Mr Polyakov was speaking at the Soviet Embassy School , where Russian schoolchildren had a preview of the books that will be available in the Soviet Union from next month . |
| 23 | Dr Kohl was speaking at the end of a two-day visit to Dresden — his first official trip to East Germany — which left him clearly pleased with his reception and warm response to his striving for German unity . |
| 24 | Landau was speaking at the announcement of Rhône-Poulenc 's 1991 results in Manchester , where he revealed a 3.2 per cent increase in net profits to FFr 2004m ( £1 = FFr 9.5 ) , and a 6.9 per cent rise in turnover to FFr 83817m . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Conti , of Hampstead , north London , was speaking at the unveiling of the BBC 's £27 million package of films , comedy and drama to pull in viewers over the festive period . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She was speaking at the home of Sergeant Major Cross 's parents , Arthur and Joy , in Little Hulton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |