Example sentences of "speak to [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Probably their teachers will speak to them in this style , though what the learners are likely to encounter when they join in conversations with native speakers is what we have referred to previously as a ‘ rapid , casual ’ style . |
2 | ‘ Did you speak to him at all , Delia ? ’ |
3 | Otherwise you 'll , you 'll not speak to him at all cos I shall just pick the phone up and say |
4 | Do n't speak to him like that . |
5 | You ca n't , you ca n't speak to her at all ! |
6 | It was n't going to be easy , arguing with someone from her inferior position , but she 'd be damned if she 'd let him speak to her like that ! |
7 | She 's here for another two weeks and if I do n't speak to her in those two weeks I 'm dropping her . |
8 | Cilla Black wo n't speak to me to this day because when I was a critic , I wrote a very warm piece about her , but during the course of it , I said , ‘ She 's quite good-looking , but she does have the nose of a rather careful boxer . ’ |
9 | ‘ I wish you would not speak to me like that . |
10 | ‘ Do n't you dare speak to me like that , Agnes . |
11 | ‘ How dare you speak to me like that ! |
12 | ‘ Do n't speak to me like that ! |
13 | ‘ By God , you wo n't speak to me like that . |
14 | You ca n't speak to me like that . |
15 | How dare you speak to me like that in public ! ’ |
16 | " How dare you speak to me like that . |
17 | ‘ You lout , do n't dare speak to me like that . ’ |
18 | Durance appealed to Rain : ‘ Can you believe a woman I 'd taught everything could speak to me like that ? ’ |
19 | ‘ You do not speak to me like that . |
20 | ‘ But Ellen , ’ she cried , staring horrified at him , ‘ how dare he speak to me like that ! |
21 | ‘ Do n't speak to me like that , Katharine ! |
22 | ‘ How dare he speak to me like that ? |
23 | Well I said what you looking at you skinny thing , and she just , how dare you speak to me like that , and I just who the hell you looking at you ugly thing , I 'm going to Espania tomorrow , cos I 'm going holiday to El Spania , right then |
24 | Do n't you ever speak to me like that again , I have n't , I rang , no , no , I the landlord either , I waited until the next morning . |
25 | do n't you ever speak to me like that again , and do n't ever push me again , I said balls you old cunt . |
26 | no , no you do n't speak to me like that |
27 | Yeah , and the teacher says tell me A B C and he goes fuck off and he goes and she goes how dare you speak to me like that ! |
28 | And I 'm telling you , do n't speak to me in that fashion or I 'll have to have a word with your father . ’ |
29 | ‘ Do n't you speak to me in that way , ’ Nora retorted , ‘ or I 'll box your ears , you ungrateful girl ! ’ and they were into yet another quarrel . |
30 | ‘ Do n't speak to me in that tone ! ’ protested his wife , but nevertheless responding to the pressure of his hand in her back . |