Example sentences of "speak to [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The knowledge of his affair still ate away at her , and it was knowing that she could never speak to him about the affair that hurt most .
2 Yet when it came to negotiation , who would speak to him in the name of France ?
3 I did not speak to her during the journey , and when we arrived in Ruritania , I left the train at Zenda , a small town outside the capital .
4 Well I do n't know because I , I did n't speak to her about the money , Sheila spoke to her , but she knows not to speak to me very much about money , see
5 I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why .
6 ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’
7 it 's still the first one , she 's got a billion things to do , we 'll obviously speak to her in the autumn , erm
8 With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday .
9 Erm the talks erm Gillian Thornton is gon na speak to us on the 23rd of February just to remind you and I 've actually prepared some notes on play writing which we can fit in some time during this sort of session .
10 perhaps , you 'd speak to us at the next council meeting , then .
11 And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then .
12 Call the Coastguard for information if in doubt — they would rather speak to you on the phone than have to rescue you on the water !
13 ‘ Do you know she would never let me speak to you on the phone ?
14 ‘ Jackie ca n't speak to anyone at the moment .
15 She was very shy , and did not often speak to anyone outside the family .
16 Just the same as you can accept the fact that somebody says to you that I can not really afford your windows , right , just the same as when you first speak to them on the phone , you can say oh sorry , sorry to bother you and put the phone down because it said you
17 You speak to me like the stepbrother speaks to all the family .
18 I speak to her on the phone almost every day and she 's really important to me . ’
19 When you speak to someone on the telephone it is easier for you to represent your company or organization .
20 If you speak to someone in the department ask it you can have their name in case you need to telephone again ;
21 Or at least , we are told so daily by politicians , police , judges , and journalists who speak to us through the media of newspapers and television .
22 So when your managers speak to you at the beginning of a er of your Monday morning meeting to say Gerald how much business have you got landed for next week you can say with conviction , two , two definite cases .
23 I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th .
24 Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning .
25 I will I would say that if you had been speaking to me on the phone , and this is not a criticism of John it 's just a an observation , you would n't be here .
26 ‘ She 's hardly speaking to me at the moment — except to accuse me of stealing her golf-clubs . ’
27 If you 're speaking to someone on the phone and you want to forward that phone call to somebody else ?
28 At present some think it weak-kneed through lack of characters but Brian , speaking to us in the Belfry , has been talking to possible sponsors .
29 And this is what I think the dream is trying to tell me , a message so clear now you have shown me the way to understand these voices speaking to us from the hinterland , so to speak .
30 Nigel Dudding , you 're speaking to us from the bar at erm Henley Rugby Club , what was the atmosphere there , watching the game ?
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