Example sentences of "saying [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can remember one unfortunate teacher , faced with a whole class engaged in this feat , saying with a very red face , ‘ Any girl who makes that noise will have an order mark ! ’ |
| 2 | The next thing I remember was being jerked to a stop outside the house and Oliver saying in a rather odd voice , ‘ A propos de bottes , how was the lune de miel ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's my neck , ’ Jasper Lewens was saying in a rather whingeing tone . |
| 4 | ‘ Henry tells me , ’ Donald was saying in a carefully conversational manner , ‘ that you 've had a touch of the old … polyneuritis ! ’ |
| 5 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 6 | ‘ I am happy to make your acquaintance , ’ he was saying in a very precise tone , executing a small bow . |
| 7 | None of this convinced Mrs Singh who left the classroom saying in an unusually dictatorial tone to the class teacher , ‘ I want you to sort him out and bring homework home . ’ |
| 8 | What is Trevor-Roper saying beyond the fairly obvious assertion that there were continuities in 17th-century English politics ? |