Example sentences of "he say [prep] his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leonard , one of seven graduates that year , was merely awarded the graduation certificate ; a sign , he says of his half-hearted application . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've played in pictures like The Gauntlet where the woman is the smarter of the two people , it just depends on the project , ’ he says in his sole reference to 43-year-old Sondra , who co-starred in six films with him . |
| 3 | ‘ M-Maddy 's perfectly j-justified , ’ he said with his intermittent stutter . |
| 4 | ‘ Do not follow me , Huy , ’ he said with his old authority . |
| 5 | ‘ There is no argument for the reduction of Scots MPs , ’ he said at his final press conference in London . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell Bella that Sam 's all right , ’ he said to his old friend , in the old friendly tone , because there was no other to be found . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going to offer a programme that 's going to create half a million or more jobs in the short run , that is highly progressive , that is very well balanced , that is faithful to the great middle class of this country and good for the things that we care about , jobs and health care , ’ he said of his economic plan . |
| 8 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 9 | ‘ Meredith , I 'm crazy about you , ’ he said in his golden honey voice , a wayward lock of hair falling over his forehead . |
| 10 | " For Mr Pascoe , " he said in his nasal voice . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , well , well , fancy seeing you here , ’ he said in his velvety voice . |
| 12 | ‘ If you take a map of disadvantage and press it over a map of crime , there is too close a coincidence , ’ he said in his annual report last month . |
| 13 | ‘ How many guesses do you want ? ’ he said in his normal voice . |
| 14 | ‘ You can use the bathroom now , ’ he said in his normal tone . |
| 15 | I hope that the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) will understand that I do not intend to follow what he said in his long speech — it was almost the same length as his speech in our previous debate on the subject — or his wide range of criticisms of the Government 's policy . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm home , ’ he said in his warm voice . |
| 17 | Though they admitted a whole series of assaults over the previous three years , they disputed their frequency , he said in his closing speech . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's all right , Jenna , ’ he said in his matter-of-fact way . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've had our lab take a look at this , ’ he said in his sing-song way , ‘ but they say there are no distinctive tool marks . |
| 20 | ‘ Hurry , Wolfprince , for my work does not wait for such as you , ’ he said in his sibilant whisper , but now Nuadu detected a lick of pleasure in the voice . |
| 21 | These are weapons of mass destruction , ’ he said in his well-guarded office near the presidential palace in Kabul . |
| 22 | ‘ I have a vision of the future , ’ he said in his presidential address . |
| 23 | They stood hunched against the rain and he said in his laconic way , ‘ How 's Eileen 's boy ? ’ |
| 24 | In answer to a question from me to that effect , he said in his charming way with the little smile that he wears when replying : " We shall have to look at it . " |
| 25 | The hon. Gentleman referred to the Kincardine and Deeside by-election , in the campaign for which he said in his special health service circular : ’ Opting out is a dangerous first step towards market economics and privatisation of our health service . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ A form issued by the Governatorato dello Stato della Citta del Vaticano is used to certify that the products are intended for consumption , ’ he said in his written reply . |