Example sentences of "speak [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regional representative of Amnesty International , Peter Mills , will speak about and answer questions on the organisation and the work carried out by local groups . |
| 2 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |
| 3 | The fact remains that most health professionals would still speak of and regard someone like Arthur B as an old man with a stroke , not a disabled person with rights and entitlements . |
| 4 | The Holy Spirit out of all that we 've been speaking about and listening to you can give us the end of the sentence . |
| 5 | It was important to Trent that he held to that word ; as it had been important to him never to use the term ‘ Loyalist ’ when speaking of or reporting on the Protestant terrorists in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 7 | One of the things that concerns us is provision for people who are unemployed and we are we are speaking and working , speaking to and working with the Labour Group and the Labour Party on establishing a centre for people who are unemployed . |
| 8 | The voice we hear is , as usual for the period right up to 1910 , an external voice : women are a group more spoken about than speaking , if we are to believe the written records . |
| 9 | It was not spoken of but drawn upon when it was needful . |
| 10 | He referred , perhaps a little ironically , to the respect in which it was held , and he remarked how each issue was spoken of as containing besides a noteworthy article or two , ‘ the usual brilliant batch of reviews ’ . |
| 11 | In this mode of attribution young people are not spoken of as having tragic love affairs , rather it is said that ‘ they ca n't cope with physical sexual experiences ’ . |
| 12 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 13 | They may , for instance , be unaware that they are being spoken to unless referred to by name , and they can miss out on humorous incidents which make the rest of the class laugh . |
| 14 | During infancy children tend to be kept most of the time in the small , dark interior of their hut , where they are rarely allowed to crawl on the floor , rarely spoken to or played with ( though always kept near the mother ) , and where few objects for play are available . |
| 15 | she spoke to and said we 've discussed it cos I asked whether she 'd done that , she said she 'd spoken to and said we 've discussed that we should share the work more equally and said no I 'm happy with the way things were and left it that way |
| 16 | He could not identify the man he had spoken to and did not know his name . |
| 17 | As Tsar he was inclined to agree with the last person he had spoken to and to authorize wholly incompatible initiatives by different ministers . |
| 18 | He spoke as if to placate her . |
| 19 | " Yes , of course , " he spoke as if answering a very silly question . |
| 20 | He spoke as if playing a board-game . |
| 21 | He took a deep breath before he spoke as if to keep himself calm . |
| 22 | A psychiatrist I spoke to when researching this book advised a list method : when you wake up , if you feel depressed or lonely , write down all the positive things about your life . |
| 23 | she spoke to and said we 've discussed it cos I asked whether she 'd done that , she said she 'd spoken to and said we 've discussed that we should share the work more equally and said no I 'm happy with the way things were and left it that way |
| 24 | Visiting women from other countries struggling under the yoke of imperialism spoke to and advised us . |
| 25 | A number of voluntary associations have become committed to the idea of ‘ empowering ’ parents to speak for and represent themselves , and see their role as providing training , support and an expert voice as and when required . |
| 26 | She is herself a nurse , not by any means inarticulate , but she could get no one to speak to or to tell her anything . |
| 27 | However , the panel ruled that the protestors have a right to speak to and harass the women who come to the clinics to obtain abortions . |