Example sentences of "speak [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ .
2 ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’
3 It was unlooked-for grace that after supper he should send his page to ask Mistress Hussey to be kind enough to come and speak with him in the small chamber the prince was using as a study .
4 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 .
5 Yet when it came to negotiation , who would speak to him in the name of France ?
6 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 .
7 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
8 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 .
9 ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’
10 it 's still the first one , she 's got a billion things to do , we 'll obviously speak to her in the autumn , erm
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 perhaps , you 'd speak to us at the next council meeting , then .
14 And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then .
15 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 !
16 ‘ Do you know she would never let me speak to you on the phone ?
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