Example sentences of "they speak of [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an odd fact that they spoke of him in terms of discovering a new talent — a new star who had emerged quite suddenly — and apparently unaware that he was a veteran of a string of past films . |
| 2 | They spoke of him later rather generously . |
| 3 | They spoke of him as ‘ Syl 's father ’ and I thought that death , like marriage , depersonalised people . |
| 4 | Something about the way they spoke of her aroused his interest . |
| 5 | ‘ He never recovered from the way people treated us there , all that spite and unkindness and the way they spoke of you , Jim . ’ |