Example sentences of "[noun sg] and speak [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He strolled across the foyer to deposit her room key and spoke to the middle-aged receptionist behind the desk , who straightened respectfully .
2 Finally , the shaman ( priest ) of the tribe decided to go alone to the top of the hill and speak to the Great Spirits .
3 She ran upstairs to the bathroom , covered her head with a towel and spoke to the cold white wall .
4 Oh , I stood outside the primary school this morning and spoke to the other mothers , and none of them want anything to do with it .
5 Then he thrust his knife back into its sheath and spoke towards the gleaming skull he still held in his left hand .
6 Someone came quietly out of the crowd and spoke to the other officer , looking at me .
7 He went to Danny 's school and spoke to the 200-strong football squad .
8 Without looking up from his work , he flipped the top from his left thumb and spoke into the minuscule microphone housed within .
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