Example sentences of "[conj] speak [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her desire was never to see or speak to Ellen again but of course she could not allow herself such a luxurious vengeance . |
| 2 | I can write or speak to anyone with a say in how society or the Church spend money — our money , God 's money — and I can discuss these things with others . |
| 3 | ‘ I told you that I did n't see or speak to anybody . ’ |
| 4 | For many people this was the last time they were to see or speak to him and they are left with a good memory and a triumphant one . |
| 5 | She did n't know anyone , could n't eat , drink or speak towards the end . |
| 6 | The fund will create graduate study fellowships and student travel , enable specialists from Korea to teach or speak at Harvard , and help permit the museum to publish and research the collection . |
| 7 | IN THE recent report of the Church of England 's Doctrine Commission , We Believe in God , the doctrine of divine impassibility , that God can not suffer , is described as ‘ the most venerable theological position ’ and so it has generally been when Christians have endeavoured to think or speak about the nature of their God . |
| 8 | ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’ |
| 9 | How many people who ask questions or speak at small or large gatherings are really only talking to themselves ? |
| 10 | In making initial contact with someone , write or speak to him ( or her ) about what you are looking for — someone with whom to discuss your Christian life and pilgrimage . |
| 11 | ‘ They all feel they ca n't just split up and never see or speak to one another again . |
| 12 | Judge Malachy Higgins , releasing Donnelly on continuing bail pending a trial date being fixed , told the accused that part of the bail conditions were that he must not attempt to see Janice Brothers , or speak to her or make any contact with her . |
| 13 | ‘ I shall never see you or speak to you again . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'll never look at or speak to Gilbert Blythe again ! ’ |
| 15 | She did not want to see him or speak to him . |
| 16 | That way , I would n't have to see you or speak to you at all ! ’ |
| 17 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 18 | Right , I 've just got a , two or three minutes , I 've just wan na get something quickly done before we , we close and I 'm not gon na look up all the references , because your get them for next week any way in , in the house group , but , now , now in a sense it 's difficult to understand to take all this in after all his God and were people , how do we understand Jesus , it 's , it 's difficult , however knowing something about them does help us to understand something important , it helps us to understand what happened when Jesus ascended , when he went back to heaven , you see when Jesus arose from the earth the , the disciples who watch him it says there in Acts chapter one , they saw him go up in to the heaven , up into you know in a cloud , have you ever thought what that really means what on earth was it , they saw him go up in a cloud , can you image a sort of great clouds coming and dropping down over the mountain top there and was suddenly whisking Jesus up and then watching Jesus going up in this cloud into the sky , I do n't really think it was quite like that , have you ever wonder why it was that Jesus went up in a cloud , you see what was he doing , he was n't beginning a journey to some far off place in the universe , some distant corner where God the father was , he was n't doing that at all , what do you think a cloud can you , give any suggestions of what a cloud might represent because very often a lot of some of the language in the bible is picture language and it , it , it speaks as something else , what do , what do you think a cloud , does any body have suggestions of what a cloud might speak to us about , or speak to us of , sorry , power yeah , any thing else |
| 19 | A representative must surely represent , or speak for , some body of persons or opinion other than her/himself . |
| 20 | It is true that , as the term is commonly used , a representative , as opposed to a delegate , is not mandated to speak or vote in particular ways ; but it has always been a puzzle to me to understand in what ways such a person can then be said to represent , or speak for , those who sent him/her there . |
| 21 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 22 | Although Mr Morris will spend a lot of time in the chair presiding over debates … with custom dictating that he will no longer vote or speak in the chamber … his new duties go far beyond that . |
| 23 | Although Mr Morris will spend a lot of time in the chair presiding over debates … with custom dictating that he will no longer vote or speak in the chamber … his new duties go far beyond that . |
| 24 | He stresses the importance of reward , and mentions different ways of praising the horse : ‘ The simplest way for the rider to show his appreciation is by patting or speaking with a soothing voice . |
| 25 | He features in Kirby 's Wonderful Museum ( p. 34 , vol. 4 , 1820 edition ) where he is described as having been ‘ tall and very slender ’ and ‘ as he was never seen in company , or speaking with any person , his real name and character remained enveloped in profound mystery , so that he was generally known by no other appellation than the ‘ Walking Rushlight ' ’ ' . |
| 26 | This is a great help and you may be able to find out if events intend to rotavate by asking around , or speaking to a competitor who rode at the competition the year before . |
| 27 | Technology is speeding processes all the time : clients of Thomas Cook Travel in the US can get direct information about flights and make bookings without going through a travel consultant or speaking to anyone at an airline . |
| 28 | Consider the predicament of native speakers watching a film with a bad soundtrack , or speaking to someone who talks indistinctly or in an unfamiliar dialect . |
| 29 | Trying to define , or speaking as if it were possible to define , ‘ precisely what He meant ’ by saying who He was , was a sort of profanity . |
| 30 | Executive circulars on 9 and 22 April had drawn attention to Conference and Executive decisions against Party members co-operating with or speaking from the same platform as members of the Communist Party . |