Example sentences of "said [noun] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We should get a doctor , " said Rossmayne when he had laid Virginia on a couch . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Ruth when she saw it . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll give him a massive jab of vitamin B , ’ said Phil when he 'd examined him , ‘ and some Buscopan . |
| 4 | ‘ Peter , ’ said Sarella when she 'd got over the shock of what he 'd just said , ‘ surely you do n't imagine we can go on with this charade any longer ? ’ |
| 5 | " Mrs Mott 's brownies " , said Sara when she saw them emerge from the picnic basket . |
| 6 | Blimey leave it out Malcolm , said Steve when he heard that one , that sounds more like some poncey wine bar . |
| 7 | ‘ You might get rather good at it , ’ said Lydia when he had finished declaiming in his beautiful Welsh voice . |
| 8 | ‘ I always do , ’ said Lydia when she had gone . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't invite them to dinner Stephen ’ said Christina when he caught up with her . |
| 10 | ‘ Do I understand , ’ said Clarke when she came to the end of her story , ‘ that you had reason to believe your friend might have been the victim of a violent attack ? ’ |
| 11 | show them the garden , by Saturday night I felt shattered for it and I 'd come home and I looked in the cupboard and I said Ton well what do you want for your dinner then ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm incredibly romantic , ’ said Guy when he greets me at his door holding a bunch of carnations in one hand and a book of poetry by John Keats in the other . |
| 13 | The builder , of Pretoria Road , Patchway , said seconds earlier he saw a brown car coming fast through the lights and shouted a warning . |
| 14 | But if I just she said lawn so I knew what it said . |
| 15 | One of the little maps in the book shows the Isle of Wight with some towns round the Isle of Wight , and it said Poole so she said Poole , she said the boat sailed from out of France ? |
| 16 | ‘ This is the first meal we 've ever had together , ’ said John when she had gone . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid , ’ said Melissa when she had finished . |
| 18 | ‘ All clear , ’ said Melissa when she rejoined Dora . |