Example sentences of "that i [vb mod] speak [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I am afraid , rather weakly , I said that I would speak to Max . |
2 | Arriving at the podium to a standing ovation , Jesse asked for the house lights to be raised — ‘ so that I may speak unto the people ’ . |
3 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
4 | It 's about lifestyles that I 've lived and lifestyles that I respect and that I can speak for because I 've been there . |
5 | Well the only encouraging initiative that I can speak of for West Sussex is the establishment of the Rural Options Land Bank and er I 've undertaken to try and get some county commitment to this and that means some land . |
6 | You and Osman , you and the Fry , though you have told me of your perfect freedom and exchange of ideas etc. were never freer than Edward and I. Sometimes I wonder that I can speak to him as I do , never before having known a boy , and having only you at times to ‘ let out , on . |
7 | ‘ Oh , ’ Athelstan added , ‘ is it possible that I could speak to one of the laundresses ? ’ |