Example sentences of "to speak to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would yer be wantin' to speak to 'im in private , Joe ? ’ |
| 2 | Now there are occasions where members legitimately need to attend committees to speak to something in which they have an interest but the difficulty is , that in the past when we had permanent chairman , a member who wanted to attend the meeting had to ask the permission of that permanent chairman and there are occasions when that permanent chairman thought , well , there is no need for that member to attend and he has said no . |
| 3 | I 'd just love to speak to somebody about the chances of us keeping a clean sheet . ’ |
| 4 | I asked to speak to somebody in the Highways in the Transportation |
| 5 | I beg you to allow me to speak to her for a few moments , and , if you would be so kind , also to yourself . |
| 6 | When he again tried to speak to her at her friend 's home where she was staying , Mary called the police and they persuaded him to leave . |
| 7 | Eddie Gilfoyle allegedly said that mum-to-be Paula was leaving him but his workmates were still able to speak to her at home and see her in the area . |
| 8 | It must there must be it must be possible to speak to her about the fact that she 's not communicating . |
| 9 | Sgt Mike Bennett said at Ormskirk Police Station : ‘ This was extremely traumatic for this lady and as yet we have been unable to speak to her about it . |
| 10 | She has done , I went to speak to her about it last Friday , but she was diverted cos |
| 11 | ‘ You could have done it on the sly , like , arranged to speak to her in private . ’ |
| 12 | Nobody had ever dared to speak to her like that before . |
| 13 | Wellington , the Kiwi , never actually troubled himself to speak to me during his stay . |
| 14 | He was actually expressly forbidden to speak to me about the matter . |
| 15 | ‘ When you go back , Spatz will order you not to speak to me about anything to do with the Project . |
| 16 | ‘ You want to speak to me about Heather Mallender . ’ |
| 17 | Once or twice , at mealtimes , I thought Quigley was going to speak to me about the matter . |
| 18 | Nanette are you going to speak to me about art from junk . |
| 19 | ‘ Blaming me for his wife 's death and refusing to speak to me for seventeen years is hardly ‘ quarrelling ’ , ’ she retorted . |
| 20 | P T O I suppose it 's unlikely that I 'll ever see you again but we might see each other at William 's or something and if you ever need to speak to me for some reason you can call me at school |
| 21 | ‘ You have no right to speak to me like this ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If you continue to speak to me in that cold manner , ’ she answered , ‘ I shall say nothing at all . |
| 23 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 24 | She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy . |
| 25 | ‘ He will like you and he will need you for you speak English and he speaks no Italian and not even his brother will be able to speak to him at first . ’ |
| 26 | She should then telephone through to the restaurant manager who will be asked to see that Mr Green is discreetly informed that his wife wishes to speak to him at the reception desk . |
| 27 | Maggie spat , alarmed that the others might hear and wishing she did not have to speak to him at all . |
| 28 | She found it difficult to speak to him of Barbs , full as she was of jealous suspicion . |
| 29 | She would so like to speak to him of all that was inside her . |
| 30 | Every thing was alright , though it rather took the wind out of my sails to know that I would n't get to speak to him after all . |