Example sentences of "said without " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ He will see you in a moment , ’ she said without explanation , and went out , leaving the trio in the dim room . |
| 32 | ‘ Hello , ’ Benny said without enthusiasm . |
| 33 | I said without thinking , ‘ I wonder what you were all like when you were young ? ’ , realising as I spoke how young I was myself as four people in early middle age turned to regard me with varying degrees of indignation and amusement . |
| 34 | I said without fear ! |
| 35 | ‘ I like the way you laugh , ’ he said without coquetry . |
| 36 | Ace said without a pause , ‘ Christine , help Yukio get his helmet latched . |
| 37 | ‘ They want you to go , ’ Paula said without words . |
| 38 | ’ And the Ardakkeans , ’ I said without thinking . |
| 39 | ‘ Oh , lots , ’ he said without enthusiasm . |
| 40 | ‘ So , ’ he said without looking up , ‘ you play the real-life detective for a change ? ’ |
| 41 | " Right , I 'll take it , " I said without hesitation . |
| 42 | ‘ I sometimes think Sisyphus had an easier task , ’ he said without humour . |
| 43 | ‘ Headache ? ’ he said without a trace of sympathy . |
| 44 | ‘ Janet , ’ Aunt Emily said without looking round , ‘ I suppose you have come to take Miss Alexandra away . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ If I have to look at you , ’ Aunt Emily said without rancour , ‘ I should like to see you in a new dress . |
| 46 | I get on and do things while other people are talking about them , ’ she said without an ounce of boastfulness . |
| 47 | ‘ I 'm bleeding again , Tom , ’ his sister said without preamble . |
| 48 | Colonel Goreng said without hesitation , ‘ Seventy-nine . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Wrong shaped laughs , ’ I said without thinking . |
| 50 | ‘ He 's escaped you then ? ’ she said without preamble . |
| 51 | ‘ You did n't tell me that your cousin was dead , ’ Luke said without preamble , his voice very quiet . |
| 52 | ‘ I 'm faced with this business of the Danish marriages , ’ the boy said without enthusiasm . |
| 53 | ‘ Stay with me , ’ Maggie said without any thought at all , just with a great desire to be able to be near him . |
| 54 | Nonplussed , Theda said without thinking , ‘ How very odd ! ’ |
| 55 | ‘ It leaks , ’ he said without preamble , and in one of those soft , seductive voices that sort of oozed through your pores . |
| 56 | ‘ The Queen will see you in her private solar , ’ he said without preamble when he reached them . |
| 57 | ‘ It was the thought of a bush walk that caught my fancy , ’ she said without actually meeting his eye . |
| 58 | ‘ That 's not my leg , ’ she said without opening her eyes . |
| 59 | ‘ You do that , Mac , ’ she said without looking up . |
| 60 | ‘ You 'd better check , ’ I said without turning round . |