The professor spoke to the porter and crossed to the row of lifts, taking her with him.

As the weeks went on, my old professor spoke more and more about compassion, being fully human.

The professor spoke in a foreign tongue, and the workman answered him.

When the professor spoke, it was in a tone more distant than before.

The professor leaned closer to the controls and spoke, voice barely above a whisper.

Stephen had come to his senses while the professor was speaking.

The professors also, to whom I was known, spoke of me there in very favorable terms.

But for the rest of the 90-minute conversation, the professor spoke bitterly of the Americans.

The professor spoke on condition that his name not be published.