Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] speak for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 2 | But Rab could not speak for laughing . |
| 3 | Cynthia could not speak for the sobs that now came from her throat . |
| 4 | Mother could n't speak for laughing . |
| 5 | Jenny could n't speak for a moment . |
| 6 | I phoned two people who are particularly close and could n't speak for tears . |
| 7 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 8 | We could n't claim to be anything else ; we could n't speak for the families of Terry Waite or Brian Keenan . |
| 9 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 10 | Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while . |
| 11 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 12 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 13 | ‘ Ca n't speak for the food , that 's Kay 's department , but I think I can promise that the tipple will be up to par . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I really ca n't speak for all of them . |
| 15 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 16 | I ca n't speak for everyone , but whenever I find myself eating in a pub it 's usually because raging hunger has overcome the judgement of discriminating palate . |
| 17 | I I ca n't I ca n't speak for th for the for the temper of the horses . |
| 18 | But Francis ca n't speak for himself any more … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 20 | I ca n't speak for Terry and Tom , but I imagine that as the night 's anger and frustration ebbed away , their determination had been blunted by the morning 's antics . |
| 21 | So I ca n't speak for that obviously . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm in a call box , I ca n't speak for long , just listen to me , please . |
| 23 | Well not in our department anyway , I do n't know , I ca n't speak for anybody else . |
| 24 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
| 25 | I ca n't speak for laughing . |
| 26 | I ca n't speak for Boz Buckland . |
| 27 | Now , you may think that er you and I are very different from a T four bacteria but personally , and I on can only speak for myself , I ca n't speak for you of course , but personally I 'm prepared to accept that basically I 'm really nothing more than a very very complicated and much bigger T four bacterial . |
| 28 | — On the other hand , I suppose Mark ca n't speak for everyone without our permission . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't speak for him . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't speak for others , Doctor , and you must take me as you find me , I 'm afraid . ’ |