Example sentences of "he said [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ he said breezily . |
| 2 | ‘ Hi , folks , ’ he said breezily . |
| 3 | ‘ Right , that 's that , ’ he said breezily . |
| 4 | ‘ Hi , Mel ! ’ he said breezily . |
| 5 | Out with my friend Shinko , ’ he said confidentially . |
| 6 | But I tell you what , ’ he said confidentially , ‘ I reckon I know one place he 's been since then . |
| 7 | ‘ Very good , ’ he said nervously . |
| 8 | Then , leaning down , staring into Ward 's face , he said nervously , ‘ Who are you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Please do n't bother , ’ he said nervously , envisaging himself carried off for criminal libel . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ he said tonelessly , shifting . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , hell indeed , ’ he said tonelessly . |
| 12 | He must have seen the laughter die in her eyes , for he said tonelessly , ‘ I see . ’ |
| 13 | There was no reason to withhold any of this from his brother , he said wickedly , because surely Theo was no stranger to these experiences himself . |
| 14 | ‘ I could always ask Canon Wheeler to hear my confession under the seal , ’ he said wickedly . |
| 15 | When it is hot it is soft in the hands , but , ’ he said wickedly , ‘ it can be malleable if it is cold too , and you know how to handle it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Anne , ’ he said shyly , ‘ why do n't you say you 're sorry ? |
| 17 | He said right then I suppose you 're going to take me over the wee pub now . |
| 18 | , he said right |
| 19 | The first time I ever got it I what do you want me to do and he said right run across there and I 'd run now punch it , and I 'd be punching the you 'd be jumping and turning round , I could n't get the right one , and finally punch it and the would be coming , said quick hit that and I was getting all sort of |
| 20 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 21 | I can see yeah , opposite the council houses he said right they got have they got some cows ? |
| 22 | Now he said right , he said now why do n't you |
| 23 | eleven forty six , he 's got them inside , I think I told you about this did n't I ? , and I was inside helping them out like , he was outside , he did n't have his gas mask , we were doing the things , like M B C stuff , and I 'm inside and he said right you will each go to a post , where inside this tent , each to go to er , erm , cos there was six people inside and like there was six posts , he said you each got to a post inside the tent and on the you will pick up the tent , and I new what was coming , done it before sort of thing and erm , were all in M B C stuff cos there 's still lots of gas , but there was n't for very long , and he said right on the you will , er he just said , we picked it up right , were all fucking all fucking I said go on then , |
| 24 | eleven forty six , he 's got them inside , I think I told you about this did n't I ? , and I was inside helping them out like , he was outside , he did n't have his gas mask , we were doing the things , like M B C stuff , and I 'm inside and he said right you will each go to a post , where inside this tent , each to go to er , erm , cos there was six people inside and like there was six posts , he said you each got to a post inside the tent and on the you will pick up the tent , and I new what was coming , done it before sort of thing and erm , were all in M B C stuff cos there 's still lots of gas , but there was n't for very long , and he said right on the you will , er he just said , we picked it up right , were all fucking all fucking I said go on then , |
| 25 | and like the thing is obviously like the first realise there on a and they try to stop it , why are you stopping for , remember you are in the British army , if you disobey orders you 'll get a court marshall really started laying onto them , and like they 've started again and like the first bloke obviously got to the fucking water , cos he 's stopped again , one man one sides shouting out and round the other side shouting out and they have they 've all gone in , they must of thought fuck it and they 've all just fucking marched into the sea , and we marched them in , tent was only about that much above water , and we 've lasted thought , this is the thing that got me , he , he shouted at him , cos we , we , we managed to get them and that , he said right , right , go in , go in and tell them to come out , what , I said what , can you just pop in and tell them to come out , I said over here sarge , he said you disobey an order |
| 26 | Just sa , you know , so he said right well I might as well go home . |
| 27 | on my er lesson before my test , and he said just push the brake down a minute and I did and he said oh , you try it again , yeah , oh , hang on a minute , he fiddled about some more and he said right now do it again ah right that 's working now . |
| 28 | So we got there and he said right okay you 're the press chappy he 's right I 've put your press people over there so while respect Lieutenant Commander that really wo n't do because everything including the Band of the Royal Marines is between them and the Princess Royal so we argued about this and the compromise eventually was that that everybody would have to stay there until the ceremony started and then we could bring the stills photographers round to the end and up to one side where it was all happening mainly to get a picture of his wife cutting the cake . |
| 29 | He said right , oh so I 'll have it tomorrow ? |
| 30 | He said Right , yes , and he looked at that and Is that everything ? |