Example sentences of "she spoke to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each night she spoke to a waiter to order a meal ; each morning she asked for boiled rather than scrambled eggs for breakfast . |
| 2 | Why speculate what Mother Anne might have thought about modern glues — they had none and she spoke to the brothers and sisters in their instant present . |
| 3 | She spoke to [ the neighbourhood policeman ] . |
| 4 | The moment she spoke to Rachel the die would be cast , and she would have to go along the road of sensible health planning and operations and anxieties and reality . |
| 5 | Between the glimpses of the apocalypse when she spoke to the UN General Assembly in November 1989 on the unprecedented dangers of its own making which faced mankind was an appeal : |
| 6 | She spoke to reporters from a ‘ secret location ’ at the weekend , describing how Mrs Mandela had arrived at the house early in the morning . |
| 7 | She spoke to a woman police officer outside the Old Bailey after the court had adjourned on Tuesday evening . |
| 8 | I here were other police present , and after the announcement she spoke to one of them about her sister Laura . |
| 9 | The girl she spoke to was as nice as pie . |
| 10 | When she spoke to him and tugged at his arm he just moaned , his face grey and twisted with pain . |
| 11 | Soon afterwards , his wife heard a noise in his throat , and when she spoke to him , he did not reply . |
| 12 | She spoke to Frankl who guided her to what is eternal and evanescent in life . |
| 13 | Then she spoke to the mirror , ‘ There were times when he was drunk , when I tried to take advantage of him , thinking he might forget to use one of those … things ! ’ |
| 14 | After that , she spoke to Dominic while I had a chat with the prof. and Meryl Armitage . |
| 15 | Ignoring Colin she spoke to Norman : ‘ Look , it 's time we were going . |
| 16 | When she spoke to Guitarist back in 1988 , Jennifer described how landing the job as guitar player on one of the largest tours ever was a dream come true ; how did it feel to be asked back this time ? |
| 17 | However it had had the effect of making her very careful , after her own children were born , about the way she spoke to them . |
| 18 | The piece of lard opened its lipsticked mouth in a thin smile at the next arrival , and Mrs Macpherson hastily recollected her duties , her black , old-fashioned hat bobbing in unison with her white bun , as she spoke to Mrs Frizzell . |
| 19 | She spoke to Philip . |
| 20 | But she spoke to Richard , not to me . |
| 21 | I watched as they laughed behind her back , mocked her , walked out of rooms when she appeared , and looked the other way when she spoke to them . |
| 22 | She spoke to Julie about her daughter Maisie , four , who is being treated for leukaemia . |
| 23 | I do n't know why she spoke to me , what was special about me , why she did n't ignore me the way she ignored everyone else . |
| 24 | At the sight of a man approaching from a distance the woman seemed about to thrust the child against the wall but , changing her mind , she walked forward again , and she spoke to the man . |
| 25 | He could sing of lizard-clad nobles hunting for trophies , and of body-heat orgies and mutations of the eye , and of a lone white-haired woman whose senses had been scarified , locked in a sanctum forever , her mind reaching to the stars ; and out among all those stars and worlds that she spoke to in her mind , no fellow spirit yearned towards her or was able to express any such feeling — ’ |
| 26 | She publicly commented on the rift when she spoke to newspaper columnist Jean Rook : ‘ I 'm absolutely sick of the ‘ Wicked Stepmother ’ lark . |
| 27 | The only person that she spoke to on the whole crossing was a young man who fell on top of her as she and he were going down the stairs : he was following her , two steps behind , when the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing and crashed into her , and she too missed her footing , and they both sat down together upon the stairs . |
| 28 | She asked me to stand by the gate while she spoke to him . " |
| 29 | Help us , she implored silently , not knowing whom she spoke to , and for a moment her despair went on mounting . |
| 30 | But she spoke to them all and said she would never forget them . |