Example sentences of "speak for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny could n't speak for a moment . |
| 2 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 3 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 4 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 5 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 6 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 7 | They did n't speak for a very long time . |
| 8 | ‘ Was n't that terrific ? ’ she turned to Ven to eagerly exclaim — and felt her heart begin to race yet again when , his expression somehow gentle , he did not speak for a moment but just stood and looked at her . |
| 9 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 10 | ‘ I can not speak for the other 33 countries who are not here , but as for me , I would say if this happened in 1990 it would be good , ’ he added . |
| 11 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 12 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 13 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't speak for the food , that 's Kay 's department , but I think I can promise that the tipple will be up to par . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 16 | Bill Clinton , writhing amid the dilemma that most of his election campaign has been an attempt to persuade the white middle class that he does most emphatically not speak for the poor or the coloured , announced , after much shilly-shallying , that ‘ We have refused to confront our differences … and for this neglect , we have all paid . ’ |
| 17 | We must speak for the majority that opposed the return of John Major 's government . |
| 18 | The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided . |
| 19 | I think it is very important for those outside America to understand that , like myself , the media and people of Los Angeles do not speak for the rest of the country . |
| 20 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard also says that Menchu ‘ does not speak for the Mayan Indians of Guatemala ’ . |
| 21 | Bishop John thinks that he and the archdeacons are adequately paid ( their stipends are £20,350 and £16,930 respectively ) , ‘ but I would n't dare speak for the parish clergy . ’ |
| 22 | Later , my mother told me they had to lip read : they could n't hear each other speak for the noise of the looms . |
| 23 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 24 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 26 | We could n't claim to be anything else ; we could n't speak for the families of Terry Waite or Brian Keenan . |
| 27 | Cynthia could not speak for the sobs that now came from her throat . |
| 28 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 29 | Her husband died in 1909 but Mary Sumner continued to write and speak for the Mothers ' Union , taking a keen interest in all that was being done . |
| 30 | ‘ I can not speak for the gods , but for myself I say this . |