Example sentences of "then she said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her . |
| 2 | She let me finish and then she said : ‘ That 's odd . |
| 3 | Then she said ‘ I wo n't have you answering back , you will be given your cards , you 'll be sacked . ’ |
| 4 | He repeated the question , and then she said in a voice choked with sobs , ‘ I did n't expect him home . |
| 5 | A long pause followed , and then she said tartly : ‘ A mouse ’ . |
| 6 | Then she said : ‘ Do n't shout at me , Gary . ’ |
| 7 | Then she said , ‘ Alida is very good , ’ the tone of her voice a little vague , ‘ she is … ’ |
| 8 | Then she said I 'd cut myself . |
| 9 | Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring . |
| 10 | Then she said : ‘ Y'all want Hush Puppies with your Trout Eisenhower ? ’ |
| 11 | Mrs Mason waited until ‘ Young and Restless ’ was over and then she said , ‘ Carlie ? ’ |
| 12 | Then she said , ‘ Damn , ’ and her face crumpled . |
| 13 | For a moment she just looked , then she said in a strangled gasp , ‘ That 's Gran'pa 's gun . ’ |
| 14 | And then she said : ‘ Goodnight Boys . |
| 15 | And then , just when people were looking genuinely shocked by what she 'd said — remember that this man , who we all knew , was still sitting there with the blood just washed off his face , as if to remind us that she was n't joking — then she said , do n't be scared Boys . |
| 16 | Then she said : |
| 17 | Then she said : ‘ No , you have n't . |
| 18 | Then she said : ‘ Mr McKillop , I 'm not sure that I approve of your visit . ’ |
| 19 | Then she said , ‘ Well . |
| 20 | Then she said , according a miraculously even level of stress to each word in the sentence : ‘ We're-at-the-end-of-the-road . ’ |
| 21 | Then she said , quite good-temperedly , ‘ Why do n't you come up tonight when Miss Bedwelty comes to see the horses ? ’ |
| 22 | Then she said ‘ Oh , my Gawd , ’ in a sad voice . |
| 23 | They had stared at each other without speaking for a moment , and then she said , ‘ She deserves a five-shilling Christmas Box . ’ |
| 24 | The old lady did n't answer for a moment , and before she did the wrinkles on her neck moved under the effect of her swallowing , and then she said simply , ‘ Thank you , Charles . ’ |
| 25 | And Jessie listened for a time , but then she said , ‘ But she must be a total stranger . |
| 26 | Then she said , still with her back turned , ‘ Have you any idea , Robina , why your parents are so against you going on the stage ? ’ |
| 27 | We talked for a while about the hunt — she wanted to know how much meat we 'd eaten , what the men had talked about — and then she said she had to go and graze the cows . |
| 28 | Then she said , ‘ And Tasse . |
| 29 | There was a pause , then she said , ‘ Thank you . |
| 30 | And her dark eyes glittered and she ran her tongue over her lips , and then she said , ‘ How about it ? ’ |