Example sentences of "speaking [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Sir Laurence Olivier 's wartime film of Shakespeare 's Henry V ( 1944 ) , where the King rallies the hopelessly outnumbered English army on the night before Agincourt with the rhetoric of religious-nationalism , was clearly Olivier speaking for England in a moment of wartime crisis . |
| 2 | Speaking for Jordan , Abu Jaber emphasized " our traditional Jordanian moderation " and warned against the " extremists and the rejectionists who speak in absolute terms and are still lurking in the wings " . |
| 3 | He was apparently speaking for George Bush , who had been upset both by the tales of torture in an Amnesty report and by the inadequacy of the Kuwaiti government changes . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm speaking for Mr Garland at the art shop . |
| 5 | But a spokesman speaking for Mr Joe Walker , chairman of County Durham 's education committee , rejected the suggestion tha t because two neighbouring figures guessed the teachers ' pay rise , then they should have too . |
| 6 | From then on , it is reported , Bonington could hardly stop speaking about Turner . |
| 7 | But after listening to Lord Ritchie Calder speaking about Pugwash , the committee of scientists to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons , and Steven Rose condemning the use of CS gas in Northern Ireland , I could never again retreat into the comforting vision of the scientist as an impartial observer . |
| 8 | Speaking about South Africa and apartheid , most Tories opposed the use of sanctions as an effective measure to change their behaviour and discrimination against black people . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Duff , you have been speaking about Dr Carey . |
| 10 | It underlined , as Barth had done , the absolute contrast between God and man , the interplay of the ‘ No ! ’ and the ‘ Yes ! ’ of the Word to man ; and also , following from these , the fact that no human speaking about God could directly or immediately express or contain the truth about him . |
| 11 | He was surprised to find himself speaking about Céline to Miss van Williamsburgh ; but not deeply surprised . |
| 12 | He was speaking about Yugoslavia — but he could have been talking about the appalling scenes in Somalia or other parts of Africa . |
| 13 | Speaking through Hosea , God himself sums up the lesson of Israel 's failure : ‘ They were filled , and , being filled , grew proud ; and so they forgot me . ’ |
| 14 | This is me speaking as Carruthers , by the way . |
| 15 | Speaking after BSAD 's national junior swimming championships , Mr O'Connor said : ‘ The Dolphin Centre is perfect for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |
| 16 | Speaking after BSAD 's national junior swimming championships , Mr O'Connor said : ‘ We have been coming to Darlington for eight years now and I can honestly say it gets better every time . |
| 17 | Brigadier-General Arturo Enrile was speaking after President Corazon Aquino declared a national state of emergency and banned broadcasts of rebel pronouncements in an attempt to contain the mutiny which has shaken her government . |
| 18 | And , speaking of England : ‘ I am surpised that Neil Back has been omitted from the squad because he is an outstanding player . |
| 19 | ‘ You are speaking of Andalucía ? ’ |
| 20 | Dunn Roamin … and still speaking of Sunderland , Kip Watson reports that former Gas Board fitter and Roker left winger Barry Dunn has just passed two score . |
| 21 | Elsewhere in book i ( chapter 118 ) Thucydides closes the Fifty Years by speaking of Athens ' power ‘ rising to a peak plain for all to see ’ , and of Athens ‘ encroaching on Sparta 's allies ’ . |
| 22 | I do n't mean Fanny , I 'm speaking of Bathsheba ! |
| 23 | A decade later President Reagan was making similar statements , speaking of Israel ‘ as perhaps the only remaining strategic asset in the region on which the United States can truly rely … |
| 24 | The writer to the Hebrews , speaking of Jesus said , ‘ When he had by himself purged our sins . ’ |
| 25 | For this is what matters in Christology ; we are speaking of Jesus as the Christ . |
| 26 | In speaking of Wagner as an " enigma " , Nietzsche was not resorting to empty rhetoric . |
| 27 | But when he had been speaking of Katherine 's children , her opinion of him had begun to change , it sounded as if he did have a genuine sympathy for them and their plight . |
| 28 | ‘ Her agent was speaking of Salzburg — Mozart . |
| 29 | " If you were speaking of Mr George Chambers , you 're quite right . |
| 30 | ‘ I was not speaking of Felipe . |