Example sentences of "[pers pn] said the word " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood behind her and , when she said the word , helped her to heave the load from the ground . |
| 2 | She said the word clearly , but still did not raise her eyes to her father 's . |
| 3 | He looked away and she said the word for him , anticipating him without quite knowing how , as she so often did . |
| 4 | She said the word Chepén several times , as though she was speaking to a particularly stupid servant , Tolambo , too , the Hacienda Tolambo , and at the same time she made a circling motion with her hand , ending up with her finger pointed at the road ahead and the jagged peaks of the cordillera disembodied in a ragged mist hole . |
| 5 | She was n't aware of how her voice softened when she said the word ‘ Mother ’ , although she did know that the precepts of morality and etiquette that she remembered her mother spelling out to her were the ones she kept most assiduously . |
| 6 | ‘ If you wanted that you should n't have sent me somewhere tame , ’ Maggie pointed out , nearly laughing as she said the word . |
| 7 | He smiled at her when she said the word ‘ child ’ and held out his hand . |
| 8 | These , er , workers ’ — his voice took on a faint sneer as he said the word — ‘ these workers suggest that most human behavior is learned , that we are controlled in our actions not by our inheritance but by what happens to us after birth . |