Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] to speak to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Say you 're a tailor , ’ whispered Avram , and they were the last words any member of his family was ever able to speak to him . |
| 3 | It was however hard to speak to the girls out on the streets and so in 1991 a Refuge Centre was opened at Holm Street . |
| 4 | I was too scared to speak to her because she was a bit on the large side and had a pair of glasses sitting on the tip of her nose and she struck me as a very bossy , short tempered teacher . |
| 5 | and you assume something 's gon na happen and just cos , I mean I was too embarrassed to speak to him on like Monday and Tuesday |
| 6 | By 1976 , however , Prime Minister James Callaghan was telling then incumbent Dr Donald Coggan he was too busy to speak to him . |