Example sentences of "spoke to [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His spirits sank again at the prospect and although he went out to Ruislip where his former battalion now had its headquarters , and although he was received by Colonel Bumford , his spirits were at zero three days later when Charity spoke to him on the telephone . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I spoke to him on the phone and he sounds a tough customer . |
| 3 | He met poets like Ungharetti and Montale , and had an audience with Pope Pius XII — the Pontiff spoke to him on the theme of poetry and religion , although Eliot knew quite enough about that subject already . |
| 4 | I spoke to him on the telephone . ’ |
| 5 | She did not reply to his cards , and when she spoke to him on the telephone he said she always declined his invitations firmly . |
| 6 | From the warmth in her voice , she spoke to him on the comm , I began to suspect that she and Chertro might have been more than friends at one time . |
| 7 | ‘ No , I spoke to him on the phone . |
| 8 | Erm , after the last meeting , erm I wrote to Mr Dicks of Newton Sherwood about the er electoral role they er draft one with one or two amendments , I also wrote back to the Nottinghamshire valuation tribunal , who asked us for er maps and centres of our population which we could n't supply , also wrote to the services , erm which will supply er Smiths erm bungalow on Poor Lane , informing them of our interest off Poor Lane , erm , and also to erm footpaths off this to Mr Jones about the same thing , because Poor Lane is public footpath , erm subsequently I spoke to him on the telephone and erm he advised us that erm they have an interest in it , erm , have received from Notts County Council a little booklet , which |
| 9 | ‘ I spoke to him on the phone to complain about him putting my name in an article . |
| 10 | Around him clustered lively and innovatory young administrators , many of whom went on to be Directors of Education themselves — including Alan Chorlton , who spoke to me on the stairs after being totally silent throughout my Banbury interview . |
| 11 | ‘ We often spoke to her on the telephone , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 12 | Thank you for giving me brief details of the grounds maintenance agreed for Scorton Playing Field when I spoke to you on the phone recently . |
| 13 | I spoke to you on the phone at work er have you got your home number ? |
| 14 | As I said to you er when I spoke to you on the phone , I wanted to come erm one to introduce myself because I 'm now the new financial adviser for this area , erm also to review your existing policies to make sure that they are doing what they were originally designed to do . |
| 15 | Patsy and her sons arrived in the village on Friday evening and spoke to us on the telephone . |