1.   General Hospital interrupted the speech more than a dozen times.

2.   He apologised for interrupting her speech.

3.   In a poignant moment, Richter interrupted his speech to thank his mother and father.

4.   No applause interrupted the speech, and only brief, half-hearted, clapping was heard at the end.

5.   President Richard von Weizsacker was hit and forced to interrupt a speech while order was restored.

6.   The crowd interrupted her speech on a number of occasions.

7.   The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor.

8.   Much to the disgust of some listeners, the speech was interrupted several times by a few people in the audience.

9.   Dole, who has seen his campaign speeches interrupted by miscues before, continued speaking.

10.   His speech was never interrupted by applause, though there was sustained applause for his Treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, when he was introduced before the speech.