Example sentences of "i speak of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I speak of T. of S. and H. of D. together because both attempt to present Evil … |
| 2 | ‘ I speak of Diniz Vasquez , ’ said the Genoese wearily . |
| 3 | It was a firm belief of the poet that his way of life was right for him , and that his poems should arise naturally from it ; as he himself said : ‘ I speak of what I know . ’ |
| 4 | When I speak of ‘ seeing ’ or ‘ showing ’ a truth which becomes ‘ apparent ’ , of ‘ lucid ’ , ‘ clear ’ or ‘ obscure ’ ideas , of ‘ points of view ’ or ‘ aspects of a situation ’ , of ‘ shedding light ’ on a matter or ‘ being in the dark ’ about it , my language becomes more and more plainly metaphorical . |
| 5 | In contrast to the position taken by Meillassoux above , when I speak of ‘ constraint ’ my interest is with the overt institutionalization and effects of intentional physical constraint . |
| 6 | ( When I speak of the value of the whole , I mean what Moore calls its value on the whole , that is the values of its parts plus its value as a whole . ) |
| 7 | Today this is a utopia , I speak of dreams . |
| 8 | Do you know what these Treasures are , and the Cities I speak of ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I speak not only of the Army — although as Colonel Moore knows probably better than I , the acts of heroism you see there in the face of pain — wounds , cuts , torn limbs ’ — he looked at Mrs Crump ; she swayed slightly — ‘ severed arteries , gashed heads ’ — Mrs Moore was unaffected — ‘ and all the terrible lacerations and disfigurements received on the human body in modern warfare ’ — Miss D'Arcy nodded ; she was intrigued — ‘ but I speak of the self-inflicted torments of the Indian , the Negro and the Mussulman . ’ |
| 10 | The enemy I speak of is there in your cage with you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I speak of certain matters , ’ Sophie said . |
| 12 | Whenever I speak of it , he just says it can stay as it is in case I ever want it . |
| 13 | ‘ However , his most remarkable acquirement — I speak of before 1914 — was the then almost unknown one of being as good a harpsichordist as a pianist . |
| 14 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 15 | I speak of Crilly and the fool that he is . |
| 16 | ( I speak of course of those who are not members of the British aristocracy . |
| 17 | You will not be shocked if I speak of — things a vicar 's daughter — ’ |
| 18 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 19 | It helps you understand other people 's tasks , avoid problems and keep in mind that crucial overview I spoke of earlier . |
| 20 | ‘ I spoke of what is ordinarily called morality . |
| 21 | That , which I spoke of just now , gathers us . |
| 22 | ‘ My word , what interest I kindled when I spoke of the hospital at Christmas . |
| 23 | I spoke of the matter to Sir Thomas Vaughan , he being of like age to my lord and a close friend from boyhood , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray told her . |
| 24 | The Moroccan women I spoke of earlier had a means of giving it some expression . |
| 25 | In a letter to my wife I spoke of a whole-day conference about the future of Judson College , in which I pressed the representatives of the American Baptist Mission to make Judson into an ecumenical college and to be ready to be integrated into a University unitary system . |
| 26 | I spoke of the reality of your position , and I would like now to expand on that reality . ’ |
| 27 | Others have done so , in writing , but not I. I spoke of the ‘ regrettable similarity ’ between a 1989 work by Parmiggiani and Kosuth 's installation at the 1992 Documenta ( Il Giornale dell' Arte No. 103 , September 1992 , pp. 1,8 ) . |
| 28 | I spoke of the need to organize , that an individual alone can not change things . |
| 29 | I spoke of possible happiness . |
| 30 | ‘ The little matter I spoke of , sire . ’ |