Example sentences of "i [vb base] speak [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Her stomach was doing weird things , and she was about to launch into some inane chit-chat to take her mind off the sensation when Nicole , while paying for the dress , said to her , ‘ Actually , I want to speak with you . ’ |
2 | ‘ Yes , I want to speak with you about Piers . |
3 | ‘ I want to speak to you . ’ |
4 | ‘ I want to speak to the Master about him . ’ |
5 | ‘ I want to speak to Mr Nadirpur , please . ’ |
6 | ‘ I want to speak to your husband . |
7 | I want to speak to you as a man of the world . ’ |
8 | ‘ I want to speak to Florence . ’ |
9 | ‘ I want to speak to you two in private , ’ he said , and so Joe and I left the pub and walked home with him . |
10 | ‘ I want to speak to you — about two women . ’ |
11 | I want to speak to you . |
12 | ‘ Now , my dear Dorian , I want to speak to you seriously , ’ Basil began . |
13 | I want to speak to Ellen Dean in private . |
14 | Well , well you could say that 's a very er a purely e em emotional er response and you can understand that , but I want to speak to you er Colonel Michael , you 're with the Royal Green Jackets . |
15 | ‘ Mr Murphy , I want to speak to your son . |
16 | ‘ I want to speak to you , ’ he told her brusquely . |
17 | I 'm not having it er she did n't do the , when she said to me I want to speak to you about it , she said , you know , she was n't involving me at all was she ? |
18 | I says , you want to phone up and say look , I want to speak to someone in authority and I want to speak to him today ! |
19 | I says , you want to phone up and say look , I want to speak to someone in authority and I want to speak to him today ! |
20 | I want to speak to you about this street lighting . |
21 | Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way |
22 | I thought it was Ben yesterday afternoon I dropped Lynsey 's thing in with Ben down there and it 's Jack , I like John , I like to speak to John , so I said John I think it 's Tommy for you , but then |
23 | Well I 'd like to speak about the gallery I like to speak for myself and er just the visual arts and er the gallery when it first started was a gallery very much appreciated by appreciated by the Eastern Region er they saw it as potential a very significant gallery in the whole region which would have been a marvellous thing for Harlow to have . |
24 | interview , that we did n't have erm much sort of inroads with the the young Caribbean community or the Rastafarian community , but erm you know I have spoken to one or two , and I remember speaking to one who said , that they had gone after a warehouse somewhere . |
25 | I remember speaking about it to Malcolm , a and |
26 | ‘ Before I go to speak to Robbo about it , I want one last look , ’ said the manager . |
27 | I try speaking to Susan in the morning , but she ca n't see it . |
28 | But I do speak for us British . |
29 | I think speaking as another psychiatrist er the medical profession do have to look very carefully and perhaps how a lot of the damage has been done er with how women perceive whether they can ask for help or not because a lot of the women here have raised been giving tranquillizers and my colleague across there has pointed out that tranquillizers are not an appropriate way of treating depression . |
30 | Personally , I prefer to speak about learning together because I think it 's more friendly use , er , user friendly I think I understand it better and it reminds me that it 's connected with disciple-ship . |