Example sentences of "[pers pn] say [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Excuse me , , I said to an elderly gentleman coming towards us , ‘ can you direct us to the Gypsy Queen 's caravan ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Because I did n't feel like chatting , ’ I said in an amiable tone , ‘ I did n't feel like seeing anyone . |
| 3 | ‘ Rory , ’ she says to an elderly man sitting to my right , ‘ give the girl a chair now , wo n't you ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , really ! ’ she said with an angry smile . |
| 5 | ‘ That , ’ she said with an angry smile , ‘ is still none of your business ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry , ’ she said with an apologetic smile . |
| 7 | The policeman typed his version of what she said on an old manual Remington . |
| 8 | ‘ Hello ? ’ she said in an anxious voice . |
| 9 | ‘ You must be very fit , ’ she said in an odd tone , staring at his chest . |
| 10 | ‘ I ask you to continue to support me , ’ she said in an emotional television broadcast . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not flouncing anywhere ! ’ she said in an icy undertone . |
| 12 | When Herman praised it , she said in an off-hand voice , ‘ Yes , they 're all like that now . ’ |
| 13 | Doreen took a deep breath as she said in an urgent tone , ‘ I ca n't wait for you to make it official . |
| 14 | She said in an unsteady voice : |
| 15 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 16 | ‘ I could run a club like this , ’ they say in an expansive sort of way , leaning back as they enunciate every word ever so carefully . |
| 17 | Whatever it says about an achieved consensus on the slave trade , the 1814 campaign provides no support for a developing popular antislavery which incorporated emancipation . |
| 18 | ‘ Have it your own way , then , ’ he said with an unperturbed shrug of his shoulders . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's that ! ’ he said with an expansive feeling of well-being . |
| 20 | ‘ I hear you 're leaving us , ’ he said with an easygoing grin . |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone has , you know , ’ he said with an apologetic smile . |
| 22 | ‘ Come on , ’ he said with an abrupt jerk , ‘ I 'll race you to the bottom of the slope . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , come , now , ’ he said with an unpleasant silkiness . |
| 24 | ‘ Wrong , ’ he said with an eager grin . |
| 25 | The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah was right when he said of an unlikely event that you might as well expect a leopard to change its spots . |
| 26 | ‘ Anemones are a bastard flower , ’ he said in an irritable voice . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course I can , ’ he said in an unruffled tone . |
| 28 | Fael-Inis regarded the Lad quite coolly , and at length he said in an amused voice , ‘ So , jackal , we face one another again , and fight for a soul , ’ and the Lad drew back with a snarl , his eyes showing red . |
| 29 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 30 | " Devraux told me today he is going to Canton again soon , " he said in an excited whisper when his wife came to plunge her arms in the suds beside him . |