Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] voice when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not for er any sort of This i I 'm doing this talk here for erm Stanley 's daughter who 's at er college , and she likes to hear the sound of my voice when I 'm sober . |
| 2 | John shouts at the top of his voice when he should not ( lines 13 and 14 ) |
| 3 | When Angel One had reported back to Dragon Control early on the day following the destruction of his Bethlehem House base , the Controller had been unable to keep the malicious satisfaction out of his voice when he had berated him for his ignominious failure , as he put it , in allowing his entire organisation to be destroyed by unforeseen enemy action . |
| 4 | He would have appreciated the slightly snide tone , on occasions not unlike his voice when he was the columnist William Hickey , with its happy rubbishing of Driberg 's detractors . |
| 5 | There was a suggestion of enthusiasm in her voice when she replied : ‘ Yeah . |
| 6 | Carrie 's hand dropped away from his arm and there was relief in her voice when she said , ‘ I saw you leaving and was worried about you . ’ |
| 7 | If he discovered a new rule he would immediately seek a way of breaking it , and I had assumed that he would have some sympathy with those who flouted the laws against drugs , yet there was no denying the genuine anger in his voice when he talked of cocaine . |
| 8 | There had been no emotion in his voice when he had spoken Honor 's name . |
| 9 | She heard it in his voice when he spoke to her , saw it in his eyes when he was thinking , felt it in his great muscular body every time she lay in his arms at night . |
| 10 | But she responded to the kind note in his voice when he said , ‘ Now , my dear , you are a clever girl and a brave one . |
| 11 | Certainly , there was n't an atom of tenderness in his voice when he spoke of her , but what did that prove ? |