Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Edinburgh , South ( Mr. Griffiths ) has just spoken in a debate on a United Kingdom Bill and is entirely entitled to do so . |
| 2 | ‘ Bill Martin , chief UK economist at Phillips and Drew , has already spoken of the need for an independent watchdog to ‘ protect the interests of non-Treasury use of economic data ’ . |
| 3 | No one has ever spoken of the child who must have been born to Dierdriu , and who had given birth to himself and Grainne . |
| 4 | He got in alongside her , slammed the door , and moved forward to speak to the driver . |
| 5 | The Museum of Modern Art , 30 Pembroke Street , from January 24 to March 28 is reviewing the opus of that doyen of American minimalist and conceptual art , Sol Le Witt , presenting a concise historical survey of his career from 1963 to the present rooted in the Bauhaus , and fruiting so to speak in the fashion and perfume house of Nina Ricci ( sponsors of this show ) for which he has designed packaging for the manly fragrance Ricci Club . |
| 6 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 7 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 8 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 9 | Matthew turned shyly to speak to the child . |
| 10 | Luke 's Gospel and Acts both speak of a certain ‘ Judas of James ’ , which is usually translated as ‘ Judas , son of James ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ The man who telephoned certainly spoke with a foreign accent , ’ Charlotte pointed out . |
| 12 | You know that if the score 's above the mean do n't worry , I 've got an overhead for this , that 's if the score 's above the mean then i you know relatively speaking to the mean it 's high right ? |
| 13 | Moreover , there is such a difference between one man and another that the man of 70 may still be at a higher level than the man of 20 at his peak : although the latter , starting so to speak from a lower level , will normally reach the later age at a much lower point than the former . |
| 14 | Joyce went across to speak to the police officer on the man 's behalf and , as he did so , was jostled by a heckler whom he disposed of with ‘ a tap on the head ’ . |
| 15 | Zuwaya enthusiasts of the revolution did sometimes speak of the injustice of unequal distribution of wealth , but like those who attended the Intellectual Seminar in 1970 , they had difficulty in identifying any particular groups of Libyans who suffered as a group , or who had a common interest in pursuing distributive justice : in Benghazi they said , there were Libyan workers who were oppressed , or perhaps Tripoli . |
| 16 | Stok was sitting there speaking to a telephone that looked like a prop from The Young Mister Edison . |
| 17 | The idea of regional or republican cost-accounting received no more than a cautious welcome in the resolution on national relations that was adopted at the conference ; the resolution did however speak of the ‘ further development ’ of the federation , involving the transfer of greater powers to the local level and to the union republics in particular . |
| 18 | Yet in Parliament in 1593 he had apparently spoken of the need to maximize yields from royal assets in order to finance the strong army which he thought so important . |
| 19 | for help and in fact , I had already spoken to the Justice and Peace Group , so I do n't really know where the muddle had come , but he said he got a , a list from British Section and Bishop 's Stortford has n't got any representative at all , which is extraordinary , so I do n't whether Rose has little note and told Mr . |
| 20 | We 've just spoken to a bloke who 's into us and would be really interested in doing something . ’ |
| 21 | Hello , it 's Mrs here , I 've just spoken to the other lady making a booking for three twin rooms . |
| 22 | Birkenhead , the chairman of the committee , which had produced rather limp conclusions , is reported to have broken an awed silence to announce that if the Prime Minister spoke to the House as he had just spoken to the Cabinet he would do so with unanimous support and triumphant outcome . |
| 23 | The other er bits of information of course we need to know what co I 've already spoken about the copy . |
| 24 | Oh we we 've already spoken to the Archbishop |
| 25 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 26 | Dad had often spoken about the Railway Hotel just across the road from what remained of the station , and how he used to play the battered old piano and have a sing-song with his pals . |
| 27 | But I 've actually spoken to an even a a real Tyne and Wear Geordie accent |
| 28 | Moreover , although his father no doubt knew of his disappointment , they had never spoken on the matter . |
| 29 | They had never spoken of the future and what would happen when their time was through but they would , because a love so consuming could n't just end this way . |
| 30 | She had never spoken about the Lock to anyone before and now look what had happened ! |