Example sentences of "[noun prp] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , To The Lighthouse , ’ Veronica said with a marked lack of interest . |
| 2 | Later , when Anne was in bed , Marilla said to her brother , ‘ She must go back to the children 's home tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | French President Mitterrand said on Jan. 15 that " France is not ready to bow to American demands , nor to submit to the interests of any other country , and will not give way " . |
| 4 | French President François Mitterrand said on Feb. 7 that France had decided to moderate some of its nuclear arms programmes . |
| 5 | Compagnie Generale des Eaux SA said on Friday that its wholly-owned General Cable Ltd unit has acquired South Yorkshire Cablevision Ltd from Pacific Telesis Group Inc 's Pactel Cable UK Ltd for an undisclosed sum : South Yorkshire Cablevision holds cable TV franchises in Doncaster and Rotherham , passing 192,000 homes and General Cable already has 100,000 cable TV and telephone subscribers in a number of franchises in Britain ; it is very active in Bradford and plans to start work by the end of the year linking Sheffield subscribers . |
| 6 | Mr. Burt said in evidence that he had relied upon these representations and that he would not have ‘ employed ’ him — the word he used in evidence — had he known that he was not qualified . |
| 7 | I have always maintained , ’ Woolley said with ponderous irony , ‘ that the way to avoid a long argument is to shoot the other man before he starts . |
| 8 | Morthen said in an angry voice . |
| 9 | Rudyard Kipling said of her : ‘ Being human , she must have been afraid of something , but one never found out what it was . ’ |
| 10 | Anan said in a press conference that he was making " basically a goodwill visit " . |
| 11 | Donna said through clenched teeth . |
| 12 | You should try looking some time , ’ Donna said with gleeful malice . |
| 13 | ‘ Looks like it ought to be in a museum , ’ Donna said with awe , fingering the inlaid panel on the top . |
| 14 | Bert said with a short laugh and a shake of the head , " He was a bit of a character , that one . |
| 15 | Eloise said to Harry . |
| 16 | Eloise said at last , ‘ I 'm going back home and I 'll contact my lawyers . |
| 17 | It 's not that the expressions are n't spontaneous or genuine , Bernice said to herself , it 's just that they 're edited . |
| 18 | ‘ We must be at the edge of the centre of the station , ’ Bernice said to Ace and Defries . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ Bernice said to it , raising her hands in surrender . |
| 20 | Not yet anyway , ’ Bernice said to herself . |
| 21 | ‘ After you , ’ Bernice said to the android . |
| 22 | Mandela said on Jan. 8 : " An all-party congress means exactly that … |
| 23 | While the government negotiator Fanus Schoeman insists that the ANC has agreed to share power because a government of national unity is power-sharing , the ANC leader Nelson Mandela said on Saturday that an interim government of national unity was not power-sharing and that the body would include all parties who have won a certain proportion of seats in a constituent assembly . |
| 24 | Deputy Prime Minister Zivko Pregl said on Jan. 21 that the outcome of the congress would not affect the government 's plans to press ahead with legislation to change the federal Constitution and create the conditions for a multiparty system , and he observed that the LCY in future " will be relevant to the extent that it succeeds in elections which will be direct and secret " . |
| 25 | On Jan. 7 a spokesman for the UN 's Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme for Iraq and Kuwait said in Geneva that a minimum of US$145,300,000 would be needed to protect and assist Kurds over the next six months . |
| 26 | Hari said with a boldness she was far from feeling . |
| 27 | ‘ Because I ca n't afford to move , ’ Hari said with a flash of anger . |
| 28 | Hari said with disbelief . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want any charity , ’ Hari said at once , her chin lifted , her eyes angry . |
| 30 | Hari said in dismay . |