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 . |