Example sentences of "spoke of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard de Bury spoke of its ‘ academic meadows shaken by the tramp of scholars ’ . |
| 2 | Gundulph , it is said , had a great regard for Halling and spoke of its beauty and pleasantness . |
| 3 | As the widely-based FT-SE 100 index dropped 28.2 points to close at 2,218.8 , pension fund managers and other institutional investors spoke of their fears of further falls . |
| 4 | Mr Trippier was one of a number of European government ministers who attended the conference and spoke of their committment to compensate developing countries for the expense they would have to entail in order to avoid adding to an ecological disaster that has been created by industrialised states . |
| 5 | Many of the young women in this book spoke of their admiration for other women , other girls . |
| 6 | At first sight they seemed distinct : voting patterns were not related to policy issues ; people spoke of their voting intentions in terms of fraternal solidarities , while they conducted a subtle and nuanced assessment of the effects of government on their own lives and on national prestige . |
| 7 | All the political parties spoke of their concern in one way or another . |
| 8 | He would often ask about Dinah and his family , and send them affectionate messages ; Nathan passed these on to Dinah , but he did not think she spoke of their father to the children ; it was better not . |
| 9 | Those listeners who were mothers of young children often spoke of their appreciation of health and nutritional programmes ; they found advice and information on the radio that was relevant and easily understood . |
| 10 | Officers spoke of their different style of work following a £4 million seizure of heroin at Harwich , and a £4 million haul of amphetamines at Parkeston Quay . |
| 11 | One day , as he was pushing his tinker 's cart round Bedford , he came across three or four poor women , sitting at a door in the sun , and was struck by the confident way in which they spoke of their salvation . |
| 12 | Others spoke of their gratitude to YTS and how it ‘ worked for me ’ . |
| 13 | Mr in his evidence spoke of their quotes , beginning to think that alternative regime , when we began to realise that we had limits , unquote . |
| 14 | Mr Smith spoke of their ‘ shared ’ goal in overturning Tory policies . |
| 15 | Detectives spoke of their disgust at the brutal attack . |
| 16 | Residents yesterday spoke of their fear as the car crashed through two fences and swerved over a lawn , smashing its indicator light . |
| 17 | Members of the 1966 World Cup-winning side spoke of their shock and sadness last night as everyone from the Prime Minister to Pele paid glowing tribute to Moore . |
| 18 | Lucy spoke of her life , Jay wanted to hold her and hug the hurt away . |
| 19 | Adrian seemed very fond of his grandmother , and spoke of her kindly as he drove from lough to lough , through enchanted countryside . |
| 20 | You will recall that Mrs Carrington spoke of her husband losing his rationality , and yet that he wanted to retain control over his fate . |
| 21 | One woman , a vicar 's wife , spoke of her involvement with , and influence of her high-ranking masonic father . |
| 22 | At a farewell luncheon , management committee chairman Eric Langley spoke of her dedication , knowledge , efficiency , sound judgement , firmness , imagination and sense of humour . |
| 23 | She spoke of her role as an officer for the Parish Environment Initiative , set up 18 months ago to help parish councils and interested groups to take care of their ‘ local patch ’ . |
| 24 | His mother always spoke of her new husband as Mr Morgan . |
| 25 | POLICEMAN 's widow Monica King spoke of her hatred last night for the man who has destroyed her life . |
| 26 | Anguished Bernadette spoke of her ordeal since Mr Onanuga left home 16 days ago . |
| 27 | Family friend Stephen Watson spoke of her ‘ zest for life and boundless energy ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Mama never spoke of her family , insisting that she had been born an orphan , ’ Joan said , still unable to fully comprehend that she was not whom she had thought she was . |
| 29 | Her voice was tight when she spoke of her mother 's people in the big house . |
| 30 | THE ORPHAN smuggled out of war-torn Bosnia by TV newsman Michael Nicholson spoke of her first days at a British school yesterday and declared : ‘ It is good . ’ |