Example sentences of "said [noun] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have been very busy this week and hopefully the attendance will get close to Windsor 's 10,500 capacity , ’ said William Campbell of the IFA . |
| 2 | What else ? said Miss Polly to the doctor |
| 3 | ‘ That 's why I 'm shortening it , ’ said Madge Grimsilk from the floor . |
| 4 | ‘ Depends , ’ said Sergeant Lawrence from the driving seat . |
| 5 | ‘ Come with me , ’ said Mr Utterson to the inspector . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a matter of policy for the Law Society to oppose savings on legal aid because it is so vital , ’ said Mr Adair at the society 's offices in Edinburgh . |
| 7 | ‘ Quite two glasses full , ’ said Mrs Crumwallis from the sofa . |
| 8 | ‘ What ? ’ said Mrs Monro from the back seat . |
| 9 | ‘ Plenty of time for that , ’ said Mrs Lennox from the range where she was putting the kettle on . |
| 10 | ‘ No , it was a bomb , ’ said Mrs Darne in the tone of an expert . |
| 11 | ‘ I was approached by a friend who knows Mr Gilbey but I have never met him , ’ said Mrs Ralli from the doorstep of her £500,000 mansion in Hardingham , Norfolk . |
| 12 | Said Professor Hoskins of the University of Reading : " We know that human activities are doing something to the system but computer models are too crude at present to predict what will happen . " |
| 13 | ‘ Our resources are limited , but we hope to come up with some constructive recommendations , ’ said Coun Coppinger after the group 's first meeting yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ Norman , ’ said de Sousa as the coffee and brandy were being poured , I wonder if we ought perhaps to have just a tiny natter about the programme . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think it 's done by quite a few groups these days , ’ said Mike Morrissey of the CMAC . |
| 16 | ‘ Large concentration of bodies coming our way , ’ said Danny Riegert from the monitor . |
| 17 | ‘ A monolithic service will still remain , ’ said Peter Westland of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 18 | ‘ I have many more characters and stories I 'd like to share with you , ’ said Ms Norman at the end of the advert . |
| 19 | ‘ If the prints were undated or if they had been given younger dates most experts would probably accept them as have made by Homo , ’ said Russell Tuttle from the University of Chicago who has recently analysed casts of the footprints at the invitation of Mary Leakey . |