Example sentences of "[noun prp] said [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward said as he stopped the car outside her house . |
| 2 | ‘ Wayne , ’ Pete said as he opened the wagon 's door to get out . |
| 3 | ‘ No , no , ’ Sandison said and he turned the pages of the little book as fast as his fingers would allow . |
| 4 | But if we study the use of religious language in Wordsworth 's poems between 1798 and 1820 we see a gradual change from what might be meant metaphorically or ‘ poetically ’ ( Wordsworth said that he employed the pre-existence theme in the Immortality Ode ‘ as a Poet ’ ) towards language that is used literally and in an orthodox Christian sense . |
| 5 | Ever fair-spoken , Malekith said that he desired the kingship not for himself but in honour of the memory of his father . |
| 6 | ‘ Be nice up there today , ’ Selwyn said as he scanned the cloudless sky , ‘ but watch out for them bloody stags . |
| 7 | Speaking at a rally in Budapest , the Hungarian Prime Minister , Jozsef Antall said that he condemned the treaty " historically speaking " , but noted that Hungary had signed the 1975 Helsinki Final Act renouncing the violent changing of frontiers . |
| 8 | The Shah said that he thought the US was " perhaps spending too much in other countries such as Vietnam although he recognized that was important . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell me , ’ Harry said as they neared the station , ‘ if I had n't found that letter last night and thrown you out , would you have told me all this ? ’ |
| 10 | " Cheers , " Timothy Gedge said when she opened the hall door . |
| 11 | " Poor Miss Poraway , " Quentin said as they washed the tea dishes , and Lavinia — not feeling agreeably disposed towards Miss Poraway — did not say anything . |
| 12 | In a recent interview , Greenaway said that he hated the idea of a shot in a film being only a preposition , linking what went before and after . |
| 13 | Looking ahead , Mr Jordan said that he hoped the Chancellor would at least decide to retain the 40 per cent capital allowance in the autumn budget . |
| 14 | ‘ Si , ’ Franco said and he tried the English word : ‘ Pent . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Bavduin is a timeless battle , ’ Wynne-Jones said as he surveyed the sombre gathering of the fallen . |
| 16 | Secretary Joan Smiles said that she preferred the Dean Centre to Westwood House while clerical officer Norma Clark said : ‘ Westwood House has n't got the character of Dean , but the facilities are much better . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Rascals , ’ Fat Watt said when he noticed the far-off plumes of smoke , and stumbled off as though everything had been said that could be said . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank God you 're back , ’ Carmen said as he closed the door behind him . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll have to get a photo of it when it 's finished , ’ Ian Jones said as he finished the meal of fish , salad and chips that Belinda had prepared as soon as she arrived . |
| 20 | As Piaget said when he reported the original finding , trying to explain the children 's behaviour away by saying that they ‘ misinterpret the question ’ is circular : of course they are misinterpreting the question and the next question is about cognitive determinants of this misinterpretation — this ‘ non-conservation ’ . |
| 21 | Mr. Dunn said that he accompanied the ‘ Britain in Bloom ’ judges when they visited the Island . |
| 22 | Mr Simpson said that he rejected the footage , which purported to depict ‘ the greatest single-day defeat for Soviet troops since World War II ’ , as untrustworthy after reviewing it frame by frame . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm astonished , Loretta , ’ Tracey said when she described the raid on Puddephat 's rooms . |
| 24 | I think I 'll have an early night , ’ Robbie said as they entered the cabin . |
| 25 | Outlining the aid package at a press conference on July 17 , Major said that it offered the Soviet Union : ( i ) special association with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank [ see p. 38314 ] ; ( ii ) increased co-operation with international bodies including the IMF , the World Bank , the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) ; ( iii ) increased technical assistance ; ( iv ) promotion of Soviet trade , particularly with eastern Europe ; ( v ) follow-up reports by the chairs of G-7 summits in 1991 and 1992 ( Major and Kohl respectively ) ; and ( vi ) follow-up visits to the Soviet Union by G-7 Finance Ministers . |
| 26 | ‘ We are walking out because we feel we have not been given a hearing , ’ Inkatha negotiator Joe Matthews said as he left the talks . |
| 27 | ‘ So that 's how it is , ’ Ben said when they reached the car . |
| 28 | ‘ I hope you 'll be all right , ’ Denis said as he put the money in his pocket . |
| 29 | Shamir said that he regretted the US decision , but that Israel could not , under any circumstances , " go along with the principle that Jews have no right to live in this or that part of Greater Israel " . |
| 30 | ‘ Not direct , ’ Newman said as they approached the car park . |