Example sentences of "[be] speaking to [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 JACKEY : By the devil , I think you should know you are speaking to Lady Davers .
2 ‘ I 've just been speaking to Drewer , ’ rapped Naylor .
3 Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week .
4 I may have been speaking to Francis but I 'm not certain of that .
5 Well in the last hour reporter Claire Lafferty has been speaking to Martin Frears ' father in Cheltenham .
6 Philip , 20 , was told he would be speaking to Caroline Cove , 26 , on BBC1 's Good Morning show through a live link with Sarajevo , where she is serving with the Army .
7 ‘ I will be speaking to Mr Taylor privately and we will go on from there .
8 They were speaking to Lucie .
9 He was speaking to Nicholas .
10 Cobalt was speaking to Maurin as they came through the garden together .
11 Sally-Anne never knew precisely how she did it , but the next moment the shorter one was speaking to Rose , and the taller one had his wandering eye on a shrinking Sally-Anne , who was too confused to do more than understand that the Mashers were agreeing to buy supper for Rose and herself — in exchange for what ?
12 You would hear them say , ‘ I was speaking to Larry last week . ’
13 And Carl sa I was speaking to Carl today and he said , well surely , you know the three of them have weighed that up ?
14 Donald Stewart was speaking to Colberg : ‘ What is the charge ?
15 Belinda had lost two stone , given up her married man and was speaking to Ellen again .
16 Harriet Jarman was speaking to Jess but looking at her sister , who was standing a little apart as if she wanted to fade into the wall behind .
17 And I was speaking to Elaine today erm , over at Queensway , who , who I used to work with and erm , her erm nephew , ne niece
18 • Valerie Carr from Chingford , Essex , was speaking to Gill Chilton .
19 I , I was speaking to Charlie in erm rehearsals .
20 got that sorted he was speaking to Guy yesterday and apparently if after two days we do n't have certificates then I
21 She had a few words with him while I was speaking to Meryl Armitage — a delightful girl . ’
22 With a polite excuse , Toby padded noiselessly from the room and lifted the receiver ; as the conversation progressed , Montgomery became aware that he was speaking to Meryl Armitage .
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