Example sentences of "said [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have often heard this said as a last-ditch attempt by adults to find consolation or uplift from a dreich church service or one in which the sermon was the dominant factor and was long-winded or incomprehensible or both . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll have three rounds with each of these two men , ’ Trentham said as a reluctant instructor laced up the captain 's gloves . |
| 3 | ‘ Just shows you who 's got the brains then , ’ Susan said as a good-natured put-down . |
| 4 | ‘ Let it be understood that I was not mad with you , ’ he said as a bleak expression crept into his eyes . |
| 5 | So getting back you know the fact that you said about a limited income so what does that in terms of foods you buy , what kind of things do you find do you buy actually s |
| 6 | ‘ We have , ’ he said through a zipped mouth , ‘ a few favours to come . ’ |
| 7 | Finally , bear in mind what the examiner said after a recent PE 2 Financial Accounting 2 examination — that an appreciation of the fact that the questions are not highly complex in a technical accounting sense should enable candidates to approach the examination with optimism and even , perhaps , enthusiasm ! |
| 8 | Meanwhile , heightened expectations of the imminent release of Nelson Mandela had been fuelled by remarks on Jan. 8 by his wife Winnie Mandela , who said after a three-hour visit to his prison bungalow that " I do n't think that we are talking about months any longer " . |
| 9 | ‘ OK , Randy , ’ he said after a long pause . |
| 10 | ‘ Exactly that , ’ he said after a long pause . |
| 11 | ‘ You feel safer at home than what you do further away , ’ she said after a long silence , addressing no one . |
| 12 | And it is hard not to think of one 's own horror at some of the things that the Irgun and Stern Gang are doing in Palestine , for instance , ’ David said after a long silence . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's so soft , ’ Carolyn said after a long silence . |
| 14 | " He 's not pleased , " Jenny said after a small pause . |
| 15 | Then she said after a small silence , ‘ Alex 's flat is too minute for two . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The trouble is there is just one female wallaby in his compound so it may be he has followed his natural instinct to go in search of more , ’ Mr Hutchinson said after a day-long search . |
| 17 | " Alfred Osbom Tace , " Stephen corrected him , and said after a little hesitation , " He was my grandfather . " |
| 18 | ‘ But do ye really think , ’ he said after a short pause , ‘ it 's wise to allow a young person to make a decision of that sort ? |
| 19 | ‘ I get homesick all the time , ’ she said after a short visit home to see her brother Lawrence , a joiner in Derry . |
| 20 | Mr Meyer said after a three-day meeting with leaders of Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi 's conservative Inkatha party that they had asked for time to consult party officials before the start of the planning conference . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd like to help you , Mr Barnett , ’ Kingdom said after a lengthy silence , ‘ but I ca n't . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're wanted , Travis , ’ he said after a brief conversation . |
| 23 | ‘ I — have n't decided yet , ’ she said after a brief hesitation . |
| 24 | ‘ A good few thousand , ’ I said after a brief pause for calculation . |
| 25 | Last night editor Richard Stott — then in charge of The People newspaper , which published the story — said of a possible retrial : ‘ We shall see them in court . |
| 26 | And when someone said of a close relative , ‘ He 's a doorkeeper ’ , he was careful to make plain that his father or uncle did not need to work , but liked to get out of the house to chat with other old men and to draw a salary for it , rather than a pension . |
| 27 | ‘ Patella nimbosa , ’ she said of a plain limpet shell . |
| 28 | Either way it is likely , as Palmerston said of a projected coalition with Disraeli in 1857 , to be little more than ‘ the accident and fortuitous concurrence of atoms ’ . |
| 29 | Again , no question-mark — said like a final judgement . |
| 30 | She said like a game-show host , and before we could reply , continued : ‘ My name 's Candy . |