Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have the greatest sympathy for hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , but there is a principle involved and it is about time that my right hon. and learned Friend stopped speaking as a lawyer and started acting as a politician . |
| 2 | Lucenzo bent to speak to the boatman . |
| 3 | Mr Ross finished speaking on the phone , then looked carefully at my mother and me . |
| 4 | As Liberal Democrat leader John Pugh began to speak on the issue at Southport Town Hall he referred to a note from chief executive Graham Haywood . |
| 5 | Moreover Mr Justice Jowitt had spoken of the temptation on the part of women to ‘ exaggerate or fabricate ’ when questions of sexual misconduct were involved . |
| 6 | Adam had spoken to the Danish king Swegen Estrithsson , Cnut 's nephew , and can not be dismissed out of hand , although nor can he be regarded as infallible . |
| 7 | Negotiations between Kerensky and the Rada were fruitless , and the Rada began to speak of the ‘ imperialist tendencies of the Russian bourgeoisie towards the Ukraine ’ . |
| 8 | In her last letter , Aahmes had spoken of a new marriage . |
| 9 | Cleo asked to speak to the butler . |
| 10 | Shlomo Green stopped speaking for a moment . |
| 11 | Earlier , Do Muoi had spoken of the " great historic significance " of the visit . |
| 12 | In the wake of the Mann group 's victory , and the strident noises from the Student Federation , some reports from Amritsar had spoken of a return of terrorism to the temple itself , scene of bloody battles in 1984 and again last summer . |
| 13 | In the wake of the Mann group 's victory , and the strident noises from the Student Federation , some reports from Amritsar had spoken of a return of terrorism to the temple itself , scene of bloody battles in 1984 and again last summer . |
| 14 | Mandy refused to speak to a Scotland Yard serious crime squad when they tried to investigate allegations of under-age sex when the affair came to light six years ago . |
| 15 | Dharsono was released from jail exactly a month after President Suharto had spoken of the need " to promote human rights " during his National Day speech . |
| 16 | For Zarathustra had spoken of the good and evil spirits as twins and thereby implied that they had a common origin . |