Example sentences of "said as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then maybe you should get control of your temper and go to bed , ’ Jenna said as coolly as she could manage . |
| 2 | ‘ If the girls do n't pick them they 'll just waste in the grass or go with the birds , ’ the mother said as amiably as she could . |
| 3 | ‘ And Cy rides Shine On in Tokyo , ’ she said as casually as she could manage . |
| 4 | Then she said as casually as if the previous conversation had been trivial small talk which was already half forgotten : ‘ What about next Sunday ? |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got that letter , ’ he said as jovially as he could manage . |
| 7 | Her right hand tingled to smack his arrogant face , but she remembered her drama coach 's advice , consciously releasing her tension in a long , draining breath ; then she said as clearly and cuttingly as she could , ‘ Whatever has Peter done to deserve a rat like you for a brother ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'll be released very soon now , ’ Zen said as reassuringly as he knew how . |
| 9 | ‘ But I really have told you the truth , ’ she said as firmly as she could . |
| 10 | The Home Office said aS far as young offenders were concerned … the aim was to find constructive altermnatives to custody … |
| 11 | So he said I got back on the phone to him and I said as far as I 'm concerned you can get in your car and come down here and fetch back what 's left . |
| 12 | He said would you like to get home , he said I 'm sure you would ? well no he said as far as he was concerned he could leave us |
| 13 | ‘ Dana ca n't know about your sister ; if she did she would insist Garry return to his wife , ’ she said as sincerely as she could . |
| 14 | ‘ Right then , ’ he said as diffidently as he could manage . |
| 15 | He was shaking in his shoes , but said as calmly as he could , ‘ You roughed up a man from Belfast a few nights ago . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wo n't share anything with you , ’ she said as calmly as she could . |
| 17 | ‘ I was n't going to stay long — I 'm whacked , ’ she said as lightly as she could . |
| 18 | She said as lightly as she could , ‘ Nothing romantic in such a calculated scheme . ’ |
| 19 | " I do n't know where you got the idea I was ill , " I said as heartily as I could . |
| 20 | She said as evenly as her angrily clenched teeth would allow her , ‘ I feel like standing , so I 'll stand , if you do n't mind . |
| 21 | ‘ I want it understood , Mr Malpass , ’ I said as evenly as I could , ‘ that I 'm not here . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ All right , Eric , I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry , ’ I said as quickly as I could . |
| 23 | He said nothing , merely walked away leaving them to push it open and then shut it after them , and on Philippa explaining to his departing back that she wanted to look for her earring and take back the vases and one or two things ‘ out of his way ’ , he said as ungraciously as he could ‘ I suppose so ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Spit it out , then , ’ she said as ungraciously as she could . |
| 25 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 26 | Yet she still had the use of her tongue , and she said as quietly as he , ‘ Yes , only once — and let's keep it like that , shall we ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll spell it out for you , ’ he said as gently as one would to a young child . |