Example sentences of "said with " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
| 2 | The words were said with such good humour and aggressive sureness that it would have been impossible to take offence . |
| 3 | Although publicly scathing about the student left and the anti-Vietnam movement , Healy none the less cultivated a discussion circle of London writers , actors and television producers , it is said with some charm and intellectual force , which was to presage his fixation with Equity , the actors ' Union which increasingly provided personnel and finance for the ERP . |
| 4 | The frequent remark that ‘ it was all so much simpler under communism ’ is not always said with total irony . |
| 5 | Jane was amused , however , to see that a whole large room was devoted to ‘ activist ’ ( said with a sort of spitting intonation ) literature : Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and other unmentionables . |
| 6 | ‘ If industry does n't help me to achieve the objectives of the Government , we will have to take appropriate alternative steps , ’ she had said with a steely smile . |
| 7 | What she had to say was said with some surprise as well . |
| 8 | ‘ So long as your prick is n't made of wood as well as ! ’ she had said with a laugh to make him feel easy . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah , Wilson , ’ Miss Hawarth had said with a smile , ‘ the keeper is more important than the house and then there are your connections , you know . ’ |
| 10 | What can be said with certainty is that the Danes still dance a Bournonville ballet much better than any other company , with far greater understanding and sympathy for its original style . |
| 11 | As many Tory candidates and canvassers noted during the past few days , thousands of voters were shrugging their shoulders and saying : ‘ We do n't like you , but ’ ( said with a sigh ) ‘ we 'll have to vote for you . |
| 12 | It was always said with approval . |
| 13 | Still , some things may be said with reasonable assurance . |
| 14 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 15 | ‘ Would it help if I told you that Norman has already discussed what was said with me ? |
| 16 | It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess . |
| 17 | He waited for a fortnight after the heavy snowfall of late November and still nothing appeared to have been said with regard to Sarah 's move to Leeds . |
| 18 | It was said with defiance , but even so Jonna was taken aback by the violence of his father 's reaction . |
| 19 | On trying the TL for the first time , more than one recently deafened person has said with astonishment , ‘ The world has come alive again . ’ |
| 20 | Lastly , the sentence , which was said with an Irish accent and a ‘ dead-pan ’ face , is n't particularly logical . |
| 21 | It is being said with some conviction that Labour inflicted a serious blow on itself with that Sheffield monster rally . |
| 22 | Every single component , Dr Barnard had said with the full concurrence of his military colleagues at Fort Halstead — the copper wires , their plastic covering , the Semtex , the pulse-receiver , the battery , the brass and the leather stitching — was of Soviet manufacture . |
| 23 | ‘ Not exactly a time to go visiting , lass ! ’ that lady had said with a sigh . |
| 24 | Anyone could pat things down , she had said with a toss of all that blonde curly hair . |
| 25 | America , Crowninshield had said with a note of amusement in his voice , was doomed for ever to have toothsome Presidents , and all because television now ruled politics . |
| 26 | There is a war on , you know , ’ the common little bitch had said with relish . |
| 27 | The word was said with such vehemence , yet at the same time sounded so funny , that he almost laughed . |
| 28 | Listening actively is demonstrated by concentration , affirming what is being said with nods , facial expressions , and short supportive or clarifying remarks to show the listener is responding . |
| 29 | How and why they form is still not known ; all that can be said with certainty is that winds begin to twirl anti-clockwise around a fixed point of steadily diminishing atmospheric pressure , and this circulating system then begins to move , invariably in a westerly direction , its internal pressure steadily falling and the gales inside it picking up speed as it does so . |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't mind that I 'm an atheist ? ’ he 'd said with a frankness that at the time she 'd admired . |