Example sentences of "say with [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 | Once this condition is reached , say with potential difference , balance is approached much better by adjusting the quadrature component to reach a new range to that corresponds to magnitudes of potential differences indistinguishable from some new much lower minimum . |
| 3 | On poll tax , he says with due modesty : ‘ There is nothing attractive in politics about the language of ‘ I told you so . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The reaction I got from the Twin Cities race was really out of proportion , ’ he says with appropriate modesty . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
| 6 | ‘ All I have to do is get through the trials , ’ he says with ironic humour . |
| 7 | Miss B : ( Thinks , ‘ Inquisitive old so-and-so ’ — but says with charming smile : ) Of course I do n't mind , but that 's something I do n't discuss . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've had such a lot of fun with her , ’ Pauline says with obvious affection . |
| 9 | She gets her reply from one of the players : " crablouse " ( said with Creole pronunciation , but by a speaker who anyway has a Jamaican accent ) . |
| 10 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 11 | The frequent remark that ‘ it was all so much simpler under communism ’ is not always said with total irony . |
| 12 | For example , if all syllables are said with low pitch except for one said with high pitch , then the high-pitched syllable will be heard as stressed and the others as unstressed . |
| 13 | It can already be said with virtual certainty that lamb will never be as cheap again . |
| 14 | Still , some things may be said with reasonable assurance . |
| 15 | Obviously , single-syllable words present no problems — if they are pronounced in isolation they are said with primary stress . |
| 16 | ‘ She can twist me round her little finger ’ , is said with glowing pride . |
| 17 | ‘ Too long , ’ Bicker said with quiet savagery , burying his eyes in the fire . |
| 18 | Family prayers must have been said with particular fervour that night but it was n't only the dramatic episode that drove Ella Burrows to her knees . |
| 19 | ‘ But do n't you understand , I only want to help , ’ she was saying with bosom-heaving passion . |
| 20 | That was all that was necessary and to proffer whatever it was , saying with great emphasis ‘ Here is what you asked for , sir ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There followed the flashing of their torchlights and muttered excuses and a voice saying with exaggerated courtesy , ‘ Sorry , ladies . |
| 23 | Mr Petrakov is one of the band of influential economists who have made the mental leap to the market ( ‘ We need a normal , civilised market , ’ he says ) , and have been saying with growing urgency that Mr Gorbachev must join them , and bring the country with him . |
| 24 | Isambard broke stillness and tension together , saying with careful serenity , and to the hall in general : ‘ Lucky for us both that intent and act are sometimes so far apart . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | " I did n't know you wanted me , " she said with total sincerity . |
| 27 | ‘ I really do n't know where you got the idea that I 've been avoiding you , ’ she said with laudable calm . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid , ’ she said with admirable honesty , ‘ I missed it . |
| 29 | ‘ Good , ’ he said with forced cheerfulness , and sat back in an attempt to enjoy the entertainment . |
| 30 | ‘ Excuse me , Benedict , ’ she said with forced calm . |