Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] speak for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cynthia could not speak for the sobs that now came from her throat . |
| 2 | We could n't claim to be anything else ; we could n't speak for the families of Terry Waite or Brian Keenan . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 6 | ‘ Ca n't speak for the food , that 's Kay 's department , but I think I can promise that the tipple will be up to par . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I can not speak for the gods , but for myself I say this . |