Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] speak for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 4 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 5 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't speak for everyone , but whenever I find myself eating in a pub it 's usually because raging hunger has overcome the judgement of discriminating palate . |
| 7 | I I ca n't I ca n't speak for th for the for the temper of the horses . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't speak for Terry and Tom , but I imagine that as the night 's anger and frustration ebbed away , their determination had been blunted by the morning 's antics . |
| 10 | So I ca n't speak for that obviously . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm in a call box , I ca n't speak for long , just listen to me , please . |
| 12 | Well not in our department anyway , I do n't know , I ca n't speak for anybody else . |
| 13 | I ca n't speak for laughing . |
| 14 | I ca n't speak for Boz Buckland . |
| 15 | Now , you may think that er you and I are very different from a T four bacteria but personally , and I on can only speak for myself , I ca n't speak for you of course , but personally I 'm prepared to accept that basically I 'm really nothing more than a very very complicated and much bigger T four bacterial . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't speak for him . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't speak for others , Doctor , and you must take me as you find me , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 18 | John rather 's expectations regarding the amounts , they 're very ambitious indeed and I ca n't speak for Salisbury Park but if we 're expected to pay a share of any alterations and so forth erm it would be very difficult for us to meet that commitment . |
| 19 | I ca n't speak for London hotels , but basically in this region we have a fair number of esteemed country house hotels , as well as the inner town hotels , and all of them offer a service at a very competitive price , and perhaps this is something we should encourage — the American visitor to stay out of London erm and come and stay in London 's country , as we call ourselves , round the Thames and Chilterns . |
| 20 | Typically , they would introduce their talks : ‘ I wo n't speak for too long , so we can all get to the bar afterwards . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | I can not speak for other hypnotherapists , but for myself I do not think it is a good idea . |
| 23 | However , though I can not speak for others , my three boys found it perfectly normal and natural . |
| 24 | I can not speak for them . ’ |
| 25 | I can not speak for Tish , but I am painted out . |
| 26 | ‘ I can not speak for all here , but for myself I say this . |
| 27 | ‘ I can not speak for the gods , but for myself I say this . |
| 28 | I can not speak for Rhodesia . |
| 29 | I can not speak for others , such as those at the Survey of English Usage , who are doubtless still exploring the motorways of data opened up through this technique . |
| 30 | Erm I can not speak for other districts , and they are a far |