Example sentences of "a sigh " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of such treasures disappearing into private collections brings a sigh to Serena Kelly , secretary-general of the Business Archives Council . |
| 2 | A sigh of relief . |
| 3 | Mr Orlando 's departure from the party will be greeted with a sigh of relief by some . |
| 4 | When the company announced on January 16th that it would close the New York Daily News within 60 days if it could not settle a crippling strike at the newspaper , Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief and the company 's share price soared . |
| 5 | His voice was tragic , the words bubbled out rapidly on top of a sigh . |
| 6 | He jerked his foot off the accelerator and glanced in the mirror , heaving a sigh of relief that nobody was on his tail . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , fill the cup , what boots it to repeat , how time is slipping underneath our feet , ’ he quoted with a sigh . |
| 8 | ‘ No , ’ Mark said with a sigh . |
| 9 | Marie breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 10 | He flinched as Sweetheart lifted her hands in the air and let them fall back into her lap with a sigh of exasperation . |
| 11 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , ’ he began again , on the downbeat of a sigh . |
| 12 | Once Ari had gone , Leila slumped , letting out a sigh . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank God , the Führer is alive , ’ was a sigh of relief which could be heard everywhere . |
| 14 | When , at the end of two hours , they finally showed him the document and he acknowledged what had happened , ‘ there was a sigh from the assembled people . ’ |
| 15 | North 's answer was a sigh : ‘ I hope so . ’ |
| 16 | All Irish landladies , however pleasant , seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when a visitor left , and they were able to get on with the intense business of family life without interruption . |
| 17 | Fiona telephoned during the afternoon to say that she 'd brought Harry home and he wanted to see me , so with a sigh but little reluctance I abandoned the empty page and walked down to the village . |
| 18 | I laughed , and with a sigh he disconnected . |
| 19 | And he fell back with a sigh . |
| 20 | And while the teenage millions may be breathing a sigh of relief at Jason Donovan 's deliverance , the implications of the verdict were greeted with less satisfaction by the homosexual millions — variously estimated at anything from one in 100 to one in 10 of the male population of this country . |
| 21 | ‘ At the bridge table I had to be a killer , ’ she would recall with a sigh . |
| 22 | WALES : Tories breathed a sigh of relief as they kept six MPs in the Principality despite two former Welsh Office ministers being unseated , writes Michael Fleet . |
| 23 | As many Tory candidates and canvassers noted during the past few days , thousands of voters were shrugging their shoulders and saying : ‘ We do n't like you , but ’ ( said with a sigh ) ‘ we 'll have to vote for you . |
| 24 | If hundreds of thousands of Mickey Mouse fans choose to celebrate their preference together in a small area set aside for them in the north of France , then the rest of the country can breathe a sigh of relief and head somewhere else . |
| 25 | The result will also bring a sigh of relief in the West , which had given warning that a recent £15 billion credit package was at stake . |
| 26 | ‘ What is ? ’ enquired the curate quietly , putting his papers inside the heavy bible on the desk and closing it with a sigh of satisfaction . |
| 27 | Nothing stirred and they breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 28 | Endill 's whole body breathed a sigh of relief as the Headmaster gave him the letter . |
| 29 | And with a Sigh address 'd the alter 'd Shade . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh well , ’ he said with a sigh , ‘ in the face of such force majeure , he may forgive me for capitulating . ’ |