Example sentences of "in his [noun] [conj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he fell asleep he held her in his arms and said , ‘ Ye do n't know what it means to me , coming home again . |
| 2 | Mafouz 's father was cradling the boy in his arms and saying , in a deep voice , ‘ Speak to me , Anwar ! |
| 3 | His arms went round her and his lips found hers , and this time when the world fell apart and the sky came crashing down , she clamped her lips together and buried her face in his shoulder and said nothing . |
| 4 | The Emperor smiles , opens up an inspection panel in his chest and says . |
| 5 | The idea of a regular Mr Plod seeing Leather And Bones walking down the road in his T-shirt and saying , here my lad , you 're being seditious , come with me . |
| 6 | Therefore , an individual can be guilty of theft even though he had £1,000 in his purse and said on arrest that he would pay for the items shoplifted . |
| 7 | He jerked awake as if with a sixth sense as I paused in his doorway and said , ‘ What 's wrong , eh ? ’ |
| 8 | But the Substitute caught his movement and , with a quick sidelong smile and a rueful glance at the offending object , he leaned back in his seat and said solemnly : ‘ It 's my only vice . ’ |
| 9 | He sank it and turned to me with a real glint in his eye and said something like , ‘ Now let's go . ’ |
| 10 | He turned the shoes over in his hands and said : |
| 11 | He held the driving wheel in his hands and said , ’ Brrrr , I 'm driving my car , Brrr — ’ |
| 12 | And and Chris has just put his head in his hands and said I ca n't do it . |
| 13 | He called the waiter , placed two pound notes in his hand and said : ‘ George . |
| 14 | ‘ He held the grenade in his hand and said all he had to do was open his hand and it would explode . ’ |
| 15 | But Brian Horton kept it in his office and said that he could n't have it until everybody stepped up the game a little bit , and they stopped conceding goals . |
| 16 | I jab the pistol hard in his ribs and say , ‘ Do n't try nothing . |
| 17 | He turned to Sullivan with a glow on his face and a slight mist in his eyes and said . |
| 18 | She said if he gives her fiver she 'll throw it back in his face and say that 's not enough . |
| 19 | Calatin sat back in his chair and stared at the three strangers in his house and said , ‘ Oh dear , you 're not going into the Far Future ? ’ |
| 20 | Senna hurt a hand in his mishap but said : ‘ I am only aware of it when there is a kick-back from the wheel , like on a kerb for example . |
| 21 | Now he stretched back in his chair and said : ‘ This proposed job — rumoured job , I should say — I suppose we 're entitled to ask whether it has been formally offered to you yet ? |
| 22 | The slight tension in the room disappeared and she was just going to make some conversational remark when he leaned forward in his chair and said , ‘ Well , to show that you mean it , will you accept a small invitation ? |