Example sentences of "he say [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What did 'e get , son ? ’ 'e says with 'is dying breath . |
| 2 | ‘ We had a lot to catch up , ’ he says of his early years at Littlewoods . |
| 3 | Leonard , one of seven graduates that year , was merely awarded the graduation certificate ; a sign , he says of his half-hearted application . |
| 4 | ‘ Would n't it be terrible to be bad ? ’ he says to her right hip . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ People have said the fans hero worship me but I do n't like that term , ’ he says in his customary blunt tones . |
| 7 | ‘ Watch my feet , ’ he says in his thick slow voice , then turns his back and takes about ten shuffling steps . |
| 8 | He would have been well advised not to compel — because he did compel — his own lawyers to regard what he said about my hon. and learned Friend as part of his case . |
| 9 | ‘ M-Maddy 's perfectly j-justified , ’ he said with his intermittent stutter . |
| 10 | ‘ Do not follow me , Huy , ’ he said with his old authority . |
| 11 | ‘ There is no argument for the reduction of Scots MPs , ’ he said at his final press conference in London . |
| 12 | lesson he said to me just look at Christmas in that house ! |
| 13 | ‘ They 'll all be gone soon , ’ he said to their humorous questioning . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ You will fall madly in love with Argentina , ’ he said in his deep husky voice , which had a slight break in it , ‘ with the wild life , the birds , the open spaces . |
| 18 | ‘ Meredith , I 'm crazy about you , ’ he said in his golden honey voice , a wayward lock of hair falling over his forehead . |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing to be unduly alarmed about , ’ he said in his clipped Northern accent . |
| 20 | " For Mr Pascoe , " he said in his nasal voice . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , well , well , fancy seeing you here , ’ he said in his velvety voice . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ How many guesses do you want ? ’ he said in his normal voice . |
| 24 | ‘ You can use the bathroom now , ’ he said in his normal tone . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm home , ’ he said in his warm voice . |
| 27 | ‘ Friends , voters , citizens of Riverbank , ’ he said in his grand official voice , ‘ thank you for coming ! |
| 28 | Though they admitted a whole series of assaults over the previous three years , they disputed their frequency , he said in his closing speech . |
| 29 | ‘ Nay , I 'll think you 've forgotten me , ’ he said in his soft local accent . |
| 30 | ‘ I was caged by my own power , ’ he said in his soft , malevolent voice . |