Example sentences of "say [prep] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was all that was necessary and to proffer whatever it was , saying with great emphasis ‘ Here is what you asked for , sir ’ . |
| 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 | When we got home my mother asked if we had had a good time and Syl said with great enthusiasm that we had . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's remarkably noble , ’ she said with great sarcasm . |
| 5 | ‘ My dear , ’ he said with great tenderness , ‘ it is springtime . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sure you have , ’ Scott said with great relief . |
| 7 | Finally he moved his chair nearer to her and said with great feeling , ‘ I once thought that he was a liar and a thief . |
| 8 | A look of horror flitted across his face , and he said with great feeling : ‘ I say , Cassie . |
| 9 | I can make my own way to my digs , ’ she said with great dignity . |
| 10 | This is Venice , ’ he said with great arrogance , his bearing as autocratic as a prince 's . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah , my dear , ’ he said with great gentleness . |
| 12 | Erm but er when the war finished , when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down , I ca n't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time , but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in , was invited to attend and I must say with great pride that I was can still remember it now , that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it 'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank and he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the hall of the town hall , and erm I mean er quite proud to be Corporal and Mrs you know and it I mean everyone that went , I mean their rank and name and who was with them , you know , was it was quite quite a er er quite a something of to look back to of interest that was , you know , when we stood down . |
| 13 | They were Miss was the teacher and the , the next three classes I would say with great pleasure , and then we came to one of the old ones which er they were more severe , probably she used the tawse a lot . |