He could speak like a prophet or an oracle, endowing buildings with anthropomorphic qualities.
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It's one of the privileges of being new in the job that he could speak bluntly.
Who was he, anyway and why did he think he could speak to me that way?
Sharon, if he could speak, would doubtless point out archly that it wasn't like that in his day.
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He could speak Arabic, he could speak English, and he knew about finances.
He could speak, and not just for himself, but for all the other, silent, damaged boys of the world.
He could speak at length about how the teams played in that period, and could name nearly their entire lineups.
It really lit into things, right after he said he knew this was a forum where he could speak frankly.
His lips parted to say something, but, before he could speak, we heard a rumble of engines ascending in the air out of the south.
Offered the post by Home Secretary Jack Straw, Mr Narey said he would only take it if he could speak frankly about how bad prisons had become.
So Roth sent a letter to Wikipedia saying that he was Philip Roth, and that being Philip Roth, he could speak with some certainty about the content of his books.
As I downloaded my e-mails at 5:00 am in Beijing on Tuesday, I noticed that a friend of mine from New York City had asked if he could speak to me that morning.
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The next day we talk to an Afghan general, Sayed Malook, who says he is heart-broken by the killing and wishes he could speak English so he could tell Captain Barrie's family how deeply sorry he is.
But, whereas many of Abou El Fadl's contemporaries responded to such police-state tactics by embracing militant Islamism, the abuse only magnified his desire to find a community where he could speak his mind without fear of retribution from either secular or religious authorities.
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Unlike the real-life story, in my fictional story, the Rajaratnam character would have to take the stand, believing that if he could just speak to the jury he could convince them that he is innocent.
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But Mr Belgrave - who said he could not speak out while he was employed by City Hall - says he struggled to get commitment from the beginning, in particular for the work needed to understand why the problem was so acute among young black men.
At first, he could not speak and doctors gave him only 1% chance of survival.
Captain Steven Gerrard has given the coach his backing but he could not speak for the whole team.
He said the run-up to his appointment was a "difficult process" because he could not speak to anyone about it.
He also described the run-up to his appointment as a "difficult process" because he could not speak to anyone about it.
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Campbell was so severely injured in the blast that when he awoke months later at Walter Reed Army Hospital, he claimed that he could not speak.
On some subjects, he felt Mr. Rivers could speak to his son in a way that he no longer could.
James used ghost stories to explore fears of which he could not otherwise speak.
They have different perceptions of the man but agree on at least one thing - whatever Capt O'Neill intended to achieve he was handicapped by the fact he could never quite speak the language of the people who voted for his party.
"Raoul could not only speak perfect German, he could scream it, " Nina Lagergren has been quoted as saying.
With a nifty solder-gun and his small engraving lathe he could make an American typewriter speak 145 different tongues, from Russian to Homeric Greek.
The next day Mr Levesconte said he was going to speak to somebody who could resolve a financial issue, but he never came back.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation, said he could not provide other details because the suspects may face trial.
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