Example sentences of "said [noun prp] with the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I can only do it when we 're in the middle of a conversation and you look at me speculatively and then say something anodyne in a voice that is so deliberately empty of judgment I can practically feel the strength of will you are exerting to keep it so , ’ said David with the hint of a laugh in his deep voice . |
2 | ‘ The future will not be a great one without a family , ’ said Leon with the wisdom of seventeen years . |
3 | ‘ The right hook that finished him was the best body punch I 've ever thrown ’ said Damien with the air of a winner . |
4 | ‘ Exactly , ’ said McInnes with the sort of grin Colonel Sanders gave when he saw a ‘ Free Range Eggs ’ sign . |
5 | ‘ I suppose he 'd be here now if you had n't quarrelled , ’ said Betty with the glancing brutality of those with some intuition but not much intelligence . |