Example sentences of "[noun prp] say [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Bede says at one point that Oswiu also made tributary the Scots ( of Dál Riata ) ( HE II , 5 ) , there is no direct evidence for this . |
| 2 | I have always maintained , ’ Woolley said with ponderous irony , ‘ that the way to avoid a long argument is to shoot the other man before he starts . |
| 3 | You should try looking some time , ’ Donna said with gleeful malice . |
| 4 | At the end of it when the whole vocal had been recorded , David said to this guy , ‘ Just out of interest , is this my original lyric ’ The guy said , ‘ Oh no , it 's a beautiful ballad about a boy and girl and they go out in the mist on the mountain ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ We must be giving them quite some headaches in the Pentagon , ’ Hawkins said in some satisfaction . |
| 6 | All would be revealed , Mr Gorbachev said on national television , for the Soviet people had a right to know . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sure you have , ’ Scott said with great relief . |
| 8 | ‘ It was probably the need for assistance , ’ Lucy said with sudden understanding . |
| 9 | Therese said with some ferocity , ‘ They think of themselves . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Giovanna 'll be here in the morning , ’ Molly said with determined brightness . |
| 11 | ‘ It will be , ’ Molly said with considerable feeling , ‘ when he 's finished writing about them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway Muhammad said to this chap that when you go to the toilet you should n't wipe your bum with your right hand . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm going to have to travel up to London every day of the week , ’ Meredith said with some regret . |
| 14 | What did Ken say about this chap from Vauxhalls ? |
| 15 | After cautiously sounding our way over stones of all colours and sizes encased in the clearest ice formed by the spray of the waterfall , we found the rock … from the summit of which the water shot directly over our heads into a bason and among fragments of rock wrinkled over with masses of ice , white as snow , or rather as D. says like congealed froth … |
| 16 | ’ … frightened when I arrived in London today , ’ he heard Tessa saying at some stage . |
| 17 | Lissa said with crushing force , ‘ Whether or not she is your sister gives you no right to make slanderous , evil accusations . |
| 18 | ‘ Stay with me , ’ Maggie said without any thought at all , just with a great desire to be able to be near him . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's true , Brett ’ Springfield said in mock sympathy . |
| 20 | For his part , do Nascimento said on Angolan radio the same day that acceptance of a ceasefire was linked to the setting of a date for elections . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
| 22 | ‘ In the winter months , ’ Mrs Corduroy said with smiling determination , ‘ he misses the rat race . |
| 23 | ‘ I make that one game all , ’ Graham said with evident satisfaction . |
| 24 | Again , in Wright v British Railways Board [ 1983 ] 2 AC 733 Lord Diplock said of non-pecuniary loss : |
| 25 | The reason I shall vote against the motion and for the amendment could n't have been put more succinctly than it was by Mr , I think Mr made the most pertinent remark that has been made in the debate today , when in opposition to what Mr said about individual freedom he said this is a matter of personal conscience . |
| 26 | It 's true I think er as Mr said at some length er that er this measure would not prevent hunting in in most of the area in which it it takes place , through plenty of it happens of course well to the West of the A six er perhaps it might even get out there from time to time but our duty clearly is to see er that the right thing is done in the territory which is our responsibility and our other responsibility is surely to set an example of decent humanity . |
| 27 | Coleridge said in later life that the farmhouse to which he now retreated was called Brimstone ( no doubt a Coleridgean attempt at Broomstreet , which stood two miles west of the combe ) . |
| 28 | Durance said with quiet disdain : ‘ He made mad accusations , they were so mad no one would believe him . ’ |
| 29 | DUP councillor Sammy Wilson said at last week 's monthly meeting of the council it was unnecessary for the Lord Mayor to attend the Hong Kong trip as Belfast would be well represented by Laganisde board members , amongst others . |
| 30 | And we 're born se again spiritually from above as Jesus says in this chapter . |