Example sentences of "in a voice [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , Ari , ’ Quincx said , in a voice he hoped would be soothing to a young girl . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's a politician , Nick , ’ she said at last , and in a voice she might have used to reason with a three-year-old , ‘ and politicians would sell their mothers , let alone their kids , to win an election . |
| 3 | ‘ Cheek ! ’ she said , in a voice she hoped was loud enough to be heard . |
| 4 | 'Er , what job are you going for ? ’ she asked Billy in a voice she hardly recognised . |
| 5 | Grainne , sick and dizzy from the pain in her shoulder , said , in a voice she did not recognise as her own , ‘ Who is she ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I think that 's enough , Lisa , ’ she said in a voice she hardly recognised . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't use your brother 's name to save your neck , ’ he grated in a voice she barely recognised . |
| 8 | At one point , early on , this kid was counting out money and saying something like , you have n't got a choice there and if you do n't like it you can shop around , when we said , in a voice I 'd never heard before , a voice that no longer pretended to be nice , a voice that expressed all the effort of pretending to be so nice for so long . |
| 9 | ‘ Just one moment , Mr Angel is free now , ’ she said into the mouthpiece in a voice I had n't heard since Fenella 's parents had paid us a visit once . |