Example sentences of "[not/n't] speak for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across central France , in the mairies of small towns , there was a tangible feeling that too much was being given to remote and unelected bureaucrats , that the political class did not speak for France . |
| 2 | However , though I can not speak for others , my three boys found it perfectly normal and natural . |
| 3 | I can not speak for others , such as those at the Survey of English Usage , who are doubtless still exploring the motorways of data opened up through this technique . |
| 4 | They embraced at the last , but did not speak for fear of the clarity with which even a whisper might carry here . |
| 5 | I can not speak for Rhodesia . |
| 6 | I can not speak for Tish , but I am painted out . |
| 7 | Some examples of unreasonable : habitual drunkenness , violence , constant abuse and threats , humiliating the spouse in front of others , excessive meanness , addiction to gambling , having a sex change , not speaking for months . |
| 8 | She could not speak , indeed , it was said she had not spoken for decades , though once she had been a singer and made up songs that others learned after her and still sang . |
| 9 | Mr Major and President Mitterrand have not spoken for weeks , relaying any necessary messages through Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl . |
| 10 | I ca n't speak for Boz Buckland . |
| 11 | ‘ We did n't speak for ages as there were so many complications with debt and the record company . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't speak for others , Doctor , and you must take me as you find me , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 13 | I ca n't speak for Terry and Tom , but I imagine that as the night 's anger and frustration ebbed away , their determination had been blunted by the morning 's antics . |
| 14 | I ca n't speak for London hotels , but basically in this region we have a fair number of esteemed country house hotels , as well as the inner town hotels , and all of them offer a service at a very competitive price , and perhaps this is something we should encourage — the American visitor to stay out of London erm and come and stay in London 's country , as we call ourselves , round the Thames and Chilterns . |
| 15 | I phoned two people who are particularly close and could n't speak for tears . |
| 16 | He just goes quite silent and does n't speak for days . |
| 17 | John rather 's expectations regarding the amounts , they 're very ambitious indeed and I ca n't speak for Salisbury Park but if we 're expected to pay a share of any alterations and so forth erm it would be very difficult for us to meet that commitment . |
| 18 | well the the have a training roll and it may well be that the will be able to I mean I have n't spoken for example but they have taken over the functions of the old Manpower Services Commission training agency . |
| 19 | Her father , whom she obviously dotes on and has the highest respect for , thinks he 's a highly suspicious character — he and Andropulos have n't spoken for years . |