Example sentences of "be speaking to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While you 're speaking to him , I suggest you ask him if he knows anyone in the building trade who would like to come out here to help you . |
| 2 | You ca n't make eye contact if you 're speaking to a piece of paper . |
| 3 | You ca n't be persuasive if you 're speaking to a piece of paper , if you 're reading from a script . |
| 4 | What do we need to ensure in terms of pitch when we 're speaking to a group of people ? |
| 5 | You 're pretending that you 're speaking to somebody and just speak all the time . |
| 6 | Well now the the thing is and you 're speaking to an expert here |
| 7 | Erm well i it can be quite nice cos you okay , you we you 're speaking to parents and that who 've had kids that have gone and died you 're not actually dealing with the kids themselves . |
| 8 | Right now you 're speaking to each other ? |
| 9 | If you 're speaking to someone on the phone and you want to forward that phone call to somebody else ? |
| 10 | I 've done it many times , and they 're wondering who they 're speaking to , is it the press , or is it some private number they 've got instead . |
| 11 | Nigel Dudding , you 're speaking to us from the bar at erm Henley Rugby Club , what was the atmosphere there , watching the game ? |
| 12 | You can use them arbitrarily when you are speaking to those who can neither verify the accuracy of the data , nor have sufficient knowledge of the situation from which they are drawn to appreciate their significance . |
| 13 | ‘ You are speaking to him . ’ |
| 14 | JACKEY : By the devil , I think you should know you are speaking to Lady Davers . |
| 15 | If you are nervous before having to use your voice , whether you are speaking to a conference or about to ask the bank manager for a loan , the first secret of success is to feel those nerves instead of tensing yourself against them . |
| 16 | Then the person you are speaking to slips in words like blood sports , slaughter , cruel , fluffy creatures . |
| 17 | ‘ Nurse Cameron , do you know who you are speaking to ? ’ |
| 18 | Some people ( who usually turn out to do well in phonetic training ) find that in speaking to someone with a different accent their pronunciation gets progressively more like that of the person they are speaking to , like a chameleon adapting its colour to its environment . |
| 19 | Moreton councillor Ken Hemsley said : ‘ I am just concerned that people answering 999 calls may not understand a local dialect and they may be talking about a place which the person they are speaking to will never have heard of . |
| 20 | ‘ I am speaking to you , ’ he said , ‘ from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street . |
| 21 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 22 | Have you ever been speaking to someone , perhaps an attractive member of the opposite sex , when , without thinking , you 've looked down at their mouth ? |
| 23 | To put you on stand-by for the grunt'n'groan grapplers , The Daily Mirror has been speaking to two family rivals — British Bulldog and Bret ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart . |
| 24 | TIGHT-LIPS Taylor to-morrow meets the Press he 's not been speaking to . |
| 25 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
| 26 | The advice was given after Jo had been speaking to both children and their parents ( an audience that included 12 year old Romy Hutchins — a participant in the Challenge — and her father Paul , the former British Davis Cup captain and national team manager ) , in a unique question and answer session which preceded an on court clinic for the 20 or so participating juniors . |
| 27 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 28 | If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper . |
| 29 | She 'd replaced the receiver instantly and refused to tell him who she 'd been speaking to , but then , as now , there was something challenging in her expression . |
| 30 | I may have been speaking to Francis but I 'm not certain of that . |