Example sentences of "and say [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a moment or two before she was able to control the wild surge of emotion and say with commendable aplomb , ‘ Good morning , Signor Lorenzo . |
| 2 | She made an effort and pulled herself together , drawing away from them and saying with great dignity and a careful enunciation of her words , ‘ You must not q-quarrel , you two . |
| 3 | As they passed him , he looked directly at Midnight for the first time and said with genuine feeling : ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | She paused , and said with genuine sincerity , ‘ It 's been so good to talk about things , feelings . ’ |
| 5 | She wondered if she had gone too far , so she turned to Mrs Chamberlin and said with real enthusiasm , ‘ Imagine ! |
| 6 | Then she raised her face to me and said with sad seriousness , |
| 7 | Matilda looked right back into the flashing eyes of this infuriated female giant and said with total calmness , ‘ I have not moved away from my desk , Miss Trunchbull , since the lesson began . |
| 8 | Julia took Annunziata 's hand at once and said with desperate urgency : |
| 9 | Finally he moved his chair nearer to her and said with great feeling , ‘ I once thought that he was a liar and a thief . |
| 10 | She looked at Emmie and said with distant kindness . |
| 11 | Louis leaned towards him and said with enormous venom , ‘ You 're in my way . ’ |
| 12 | Bradley turned to him and said with sudden vehemence : |
| 13 | A single tear fell on it before he regained control and said with quiet pride , ‘ The traitor escaped our justice , but our refuge remained a secret . ’ |
| 14 | He put out his hand to her shoulder , warm under the gritty film of sand and said with mock pomposity . |
| 15 | He had turned on her and said with cold savagery , ‘ For fuck 's sake , stop kicking me , will you ? ’ |