Example sentences of "he spoke [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just three days before the workshop , he spoke to a virtual stranger about his firm intention to be in Hawaii in three days ' time , saying he had no idea how it would be made possible . |
| 2 | He spoke to a packed meeting at the Oxford Union , but the event had all the hallmarks of an American-style political convention . |
| 3 | A couple of weeks ago he spoke to a seething crowd in Harare township , which included hundreds of his young African militants . |
| 4 | He spoke to a different person this time , younger and more sympathetic . |
| 5 | He spoke with a slight lisp and greeted Louis with respect but without subservience . |
| 6 | He spoke with a certain smugness . |
| 7 | He spoke with a strong Irish accent , soon to be a familiar sound on board since most of the emigrants were Irish — and most of them as scrawny and hollow-cheeked as he was . |
| 8 | He spoke with a faint but recognisable Irish lilt . |
| 9 | The woman also noted that he spoke with a distinctive accent , possibly Irish . |
| 10 | He spoke with a total lack of melodrama , as though he were reciting a shopping list . |
| 11 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |
| 12 | Even the New Forest Hunt master admitted it was wrong when he spoke at a rival press conference . |
| 13 | He spoke of a well-off socialist he knew at college ; what irked him was not the socialist views , some of which he agreed with , but the fact that here was a wealthy socialist telling working people what they should think . |
| 14 | Thoreau told of rising early and when his neighbours woke to mist and rain , he spoke of a clear sunrise . |
| 15 | He spoke for a long time . |
| 16 | The man claimed he spoke for a large group of serving and former policemen who styled themselves ‘ the Inner Circle ’ . |
| 17 | He spoke for a large part of the population . |
| 18 | Then he spoke into a reserve speaker , using the designated call for the operation . |
| 19 | He spoke in a low voice . |
| 20 | He spoke in a low voice . |
| 21 | He spoke in a low voice , saying a man could have a heart-attack , being crept up on like that . |
| 22 | He spoke in a flat monotone , suppressing all the emotion he might have felt . |
| 23 | He spoke in a hushed , awed whisper . |
| 24 | He spoke in a confidential tone , his voice low . |
| 25 | ‘ Evening Landlord , Master Gates , ’ he spoke in a loud voice and exercised his usual habit of momentarily standing on tip toes as he addressed them . |
| 26 | He spoke in a light whisper as they stood in the hallway . |
| 27 | He spoke in a calm voice to her for he thought that the wind was upsetting her , but she took no notice and came at him again , and again . |
| 28 | He spoke in a thick Northern Geordie dialect and , listening to it , she asked herself how Jessie could ever have come to love this young fellow ? |
| 29 | He combined a cold approach with references to emotive issues like the Boer War , he spoke in a matter-of-fact way , he made clever use of sarcasm at the expense of opponents , and he recognized the value of a decisive attitude that would be firmly grasped by a party audience . |
| 30 | He spoke in a guttural accent , and reminded her of Eric Von Strondheim . |