Example sentences of "he say [prep] [adj] " 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 | So what he says about external objects may be false in spite of being founded on observation . |
| 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 | ‘ All I have to do is get through the trials , ’ he says with ironic humour . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
| 7 | Michael 's now planning to visit the Amazon himself , instead of having to depend he says on other people 's accounts . |
| 8 | He says of carnal intimacy with a prophylactic that it is ‘ not so bad ’ . |
| 9 | If Richard Herrnstein ( ’ IQ encounters with the press ’ , 28 April , p 230 ) has been treated as shabbily as he says by American newspapers , that is unforgivable . |
| 10 | He says in other parts of the world and in other parts of Sudan , the charity has been able to resettle refugees by providing land , tools , seeds and rudimentary housing and they can fend for themselves . |
| 11 | He said under Labour the money would be used to give a boost to the local construction trade and help many of the town 's homeless families . |
| 12 | ‘ Please go away , ’ he said through gritted teeth . |
| 13 | ‘ A lesson to be learned here , Devlin , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he raised his other hand in front of Jimmy 's face . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm talking to you , ’ he said through gritted teeth . |
| 15 | ‘ Be quiet , Shannon , ’ he said through gritted teeth . |
| 16 | ‘ Now , ’ he said through gritted teeth , ‘ would you care to make a big scene in front of all the other diners , or would you like to walk out of here under your own steam ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 18 | ‘ I can stay , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 19 | ‘ I attended various social functions that required me to have a female escort , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 20 | I 'd hate you to imagine that I 'm doing this out of the goodness of my heart , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't know what you 're saying , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 22 | Anyway he would n't I know what he said about working Saturdays but like , you used your car as well and it was n't just when you said that as well . |
| 23 | Well , because he said for obvious reasons , he said er I did n't want my name and address mentioned . |
| 24 | ‘ It scared the life out of me , ’ he said with apparent sincerity . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe you 're right , ’ he said with razor-sharp precision , ‘ maybe I am here to sleep with her . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm glad I ca n't change you , ’ he said with real affection . |
| 27 | ‘ Thompson 's law stands here , sir , and I 'll bid thee good day , ’ he said with hard-won civility . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're going to remain here , ’ he said with absolute finality . |
| 29 | He cares for you , you know , ’ he said with gentle insistence . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |