Example sentences of "for [pron] to speak " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became extraordinarily difficult for them to speak with one voice on critical issues . |
| 2 | The wash of a passing collier rocked both boats and the enormous reverberation of her wailing hooter filled the air and made it impossible for them to speak . |
| 3 | ‘ It would hardly be proper for them to speak to such women . |
| 4 | There is no need for me to speak to Celia , ’ and I rang off . |
| 5 | You are curious , you are looking for something else , because this is the second time that you have invited me to have a drink , you order cheiro as though you were one of us , you are a foreigner and pretend to speak like us , yet you drink little and then you stay silent and wait for me to speak . |
| 6 | Not that there was any need for me to speak . |
| 7 | No ; now it is for me to speak and you to listen . ’ |
| 8 | He just settles himself into the cushion of the rear seat and waits for me to speak . |
| 9 | He says , ‘ Fuck knows , ’ and waits for me to speak . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm waiting for you to speak , young woman . ’ |
| 11 | Excuse me please , is it possible for you to speak a bit louder . |
| 12 | He rang the bell and when he was greeted by a rather surly butler he enquired , very politely , if it might be possible for him to speak with the Signora Calvino on a matter of the utmost urgency . |
| 13 | She did not say anything , waiting for him to speak . |
| 14 | Therefore , even if he did not have a stammer , there would not be enough breath in his lungs for him to speak his words property . |
| 15 | Here he drank pastis with the mayors of the Basses-Alpes , and even found time to lecture on Edgar Allan Poe , although his new false teeth made it difficult for him to speak French . |
| 16 | It would be impossible for him to speak of their past , or of her , without seeming vulgarly proprietary ; or of Jim , without seeming barbed ; or of Sam ; or even of work . |
| 17 | The palace was surrounded by a crowd who were shouting for him to speak . |
| 18 | It was such an effort for him to speak that he almost closed his eyes . |
| 19 | I waited for him to speak . |
| 20 | ( The players looked to the secretary , waiting for him to speak . |
| 21 | We all stood there waiting for him to speak . |
| 22 | Reluctantly she lowered her window and waited for him to speak . |
| 23 | Replacing the receiver , and without waiting for him to speak , she said hastily , ‘ A bad whelping case — I 'll have to go . ’ |
| 24 | And so saying , she pushed the jug of lemonade towards Elisabeth and waited for her to speak . |
| 25 | They waited warily for her to speak . |
| 26 | They stood side by side , glaring , waiting impatiently for her to speak . |
| 27 | A small boy appeared from the table behind the counter , he smiled at her politely and waited for her to speak . |
| 28 | He looked up from the document he was reading and his eyes lingered on her body before he sat back and raised his eyebrows quizzically , waiting for her to speak . |
| 29 | I waited for her to speak of peas , but she had no need . |
| 30 | Dumbly she shook her head , the threatened tears making it impossible for her to speak . |