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 .
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