Example sentences of "he say [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ . |
2 | On poll tax , he says with due modesty : ‘ There is nothing attractive in politics about the language of ‘ I told you so . ’ |
3 | ‘ The reaction I got from the Twin Cities race was really out of proportion , ’ he says with appropriate modesty . |
4 | ‘ All I have to do is get through the trials , ’ he says with ironic humour . |
5 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
6 | He says of carnal intimacy with a prophylactic that it is ‘ not so bad ’ . |
7 | ‘ It scared the life out of me , ’ he said with apparent sincerity . |
8 | ‘ Maybe you 're right , ’ he said with razor-sharp precision , ‘ maybe I am here to sleep with her . |
9 | ‘ I 'm glad I ca n't change you , ’ he said with real affection . |
10 | ‘ Thompson 's law stands here , sir , and I 'll bid thee good day , ’ he said with hard-won civility . |
11 | ‘ You 're going to remain here , ’ he said with absolute finality . |
12 | He cares for you , you know , ’ he said with gentle insistence . |
13 | His silence following the question made her wonder if it was something he had no wish to divulge , but at last he said with simple sincerity , ‘ She sent you to me . ’ |
14 | ‘ We 're in the wrong place , that 's what 's the matter , ’ he said with ominous self-control . |
15 | ‘ Another time , perhaps , ’ he said with youthful dignity , turned and galloped back to his golf cart and was up the path at full speed . |
16 | ‘ There 's no need to be so independent , ’ he said with mild reproof . |
17 | He said with nervous acidity : ‘ We 're not dealing with atmospheric hallucinations here , but with an attempt at murder . |
18 | ‘ Those are the Baron 's orders , ’ he said with cool indifference . |
19 | ‘ No , so I gathered , ’ he said with dry mockery . |
20 | ‘ I did n't trouble with that , ’ he said with decent honesty . |
21 | " People are always replacing other people , " he said with unlooked-for soberness . |
22 | Gus did not sound at all like a man recently revived from drowning as he said with sharp disquiet : ‘ Right , that disposes of how I got out , and I 'm duly grateful , believe me . |
23 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
24 | ‘ A waterborne chariot to please your romantic soul , ’ he said with lazy mockery . |
25 | ‘ I mean , Miss Shannon Lea , ’ he said with exaggerated patience , ‘ that there 's plenty of snow for the taking right outside this cottage . |
26 | ‘ My dear , ’ he said with great tenderness , ‘ it is springtime . ’ |
27 | A look of horror flitted across his face , and he said with great feeling : ‘ I say , Cassie . |
28 | This is Venice , ’ he said with great arrogance , his bearing as autocratic as a prince 's . |
29 | ‘ Ah , my dear , ’ he said with great gentleness . |
30 | ‘ Inside information , ’ he said with smug satisfaction that made her want to hit him . |