Example sentences of "have be speaking of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man charged with the manslaughter of twin sisters in a barn fire has been speaking of his ’ sheer panic ’ when the fire broke out . |
| 2 | Home Secretary David Waddington has been speaking of his sense of outrage at Saturday 's Trafalgar Square riots saying it brought some of the most ferocious violence ever seen on to the streets of London . |
| 3 | She could have been speaking of failing to spot an acquaintance in a crowd . |
| 4 | But when he had been speaking of Katherine 's children , her opinion of him had begun to change , it sounded as if he did have a genuine sympathy for them and their plight . |
| 5 | He had been speaking of his wife , and Constance had been surprised , for this was the language of love and quite unlike the more usual ‘ Cor , you should 've seen the pair she had on ‘ er . ’ |
| 6 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |