Example sentences of "he [vb past] his voice " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anger in him made his voice sharper than he intended . |
| 2 | But , Erika , ’ he lowered his voice a little . |
| 3 | He lowered his voice . |
| 4 | About to lead them back towards the stables , he lowered his voice and said to Luke , ‘ Did you get it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Remember Sam , ’ he lowered his voice . |
| 6 | He lowered his voice . |
| 7 | He lowered his voice . |
| 8 | They were in a comer , speaking low , but he lowered his voice even further . |
| 9 | He lowered his voice . |
| 10 | He lowered his voice slightly . |
| 11 | He lowered his voice , slightly . |
| 12 | He lowered his voice and glanced over his shoulder . |
| 13 | He lowered his voice , just enough . |
| 14 | He lowered his voice and whispered dramatically : " No one will ever know . " |
| 15 | But , ’ and here he lowered his voice , ‘ the groom 's family are Jats . |
| 16 | Although — ’ and here he lowered his voice ‘ — a few of the more pious mullahs will pretend to weep and to be unhappy . |
| 17 | And there are other stories , and these of course are much worse , and they have currency in the houses of the local gentry , and they say , ’ — he lowered his voice and spoke in a shocked whisper — ‘ that I can not be a gentleman because I am — a painter . ’ |
| 18 | Some people say , ’ he lowered his voice , ‘ that inside the hill are secret passageways , halls and chambers used by the ancient ones . |
| 19 | He lowered his voice . |
| 20 | He lowered his voice . |
| 21 | Seeing that Yet returned to the room and went behind the curtain to prepare us the meal Frankenstein had promised , he lowered his voice and continued , ‘ I bestow my gift of the secret of life upon mankind . |
| 22 | He lowered his voice , came to her and touched the side of her face with one strong hand . |
| 23 | He lowered his voice so that it was drowned by the raucous chatter of the men in the rear seats . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've been wondering , ’ he lowered his voice and gave a sly grin , ‘ whether there was any hanky-panky going on ? ’ |
| 25 | He lowered his voice . |
| 26 | I want to know — ’ he lowered his voice intimately ‘ — everything . ’ |
| 27 | His mouth worked soundlessly for several seconds before he found his voice . |
| 28 | For a second it seemed that he would be unable to respond , but then he found his voice . |
| 29 | He let his voice drift away and her mind wandered , roaming the cool empty spaces between the homes of Witwaterstrand . |
| 30 | Sitting there , stroking her , the ball of his thumb soothing over and over but never so long in one place that he made her hand sore , he let his voice caress her into sleep whose dream-depths crushed her in peacock and navy . |