Example sentences of "say the [adj] lady " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a girl in charge of the place , a child of perhaps twelve , who told me that her name was Morag , and that her auntie had stepped out on a visit , but had said the young lady from Camus na Dobhrain might be there to use the telephone , and please to go through . |
| 2 | I tried to remember when Mrs McDougall had said the old lady had died . |
| 3 | And then there 's , there 's my favourite bit in here where 's it overheard , I 've just thrown away some old chicken , some cold chicken said the elderly lady to her friend . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's all right , ’ said the pleasant lady . |
| 5 | ‘ Forgive me , Miss Kyte , ’ said the other lady softly , ‘ but you look quite downcast . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
| 7 | ‘ And this must be Constable Quince , ’ said the old lady . |
| 8 | ‘ I might have known it , ’ said the old lady , ‘ Vivien 's such a naughty boy ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You see dears , ’ said the old lady , ‘ no one , least of all a great detective , believes what they read in the newspapers . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Dear me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 11 | ‘ Lookin' fer the Post Office , dear ? ’ said the old lady . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you hurry , sonny , ’ said the old lady kindly . |
| 13 | Sickened detectives said the old lady was lucky to be alive after the ‘ gruesome ’ attack left her with a broken jaw , a gaping head wound and shock . |
| 14 | ‘ Really ? ’ said the old lady . |
| 15 | ‘ Dear me ! ’ said the old lady . |
| 16 | ‘ I understand how you feel , ’ said the old lady kindly , ‘ but the guests wo n't notice you much , and you can easily escape after a short time . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I knew he would come back , ’ said the old lady , holding him in her arms . |
| 18 | ‘ No I ca n't ! ’ said the old lady , sounding rather perky . |
| 19 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 20 | ‘ I could have refused , ’ said the old lady , reasonably . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know what it is about dolphins , ’ said the leading lady of the entertainment show Give Us A Clue , ‘ but you just feel that they understand what you are going on about . |