Example sentences of "said [adv] [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I went mad , he said well accidents happen , I said not with my fucking dad they do n't not to my dad I said I 'll tell you what Mr if I 'd have known then what I know now I would n't even let you operate , I would n't Joy I would have said leave him alone , I wished he 'd have died when the |
2 | Julie said yesterday at her Imperial Hotel in Swansea : ‘ You 've got to laugh — otherwise you 'd go under . |
3 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
4 | Rachel said courteously to her other guests , ‘ Any suggestions then ? |
5 | ‘ Women have babies , ’ I said firmly to my redeeming friend , ‘ so it 's men who have to decide about spending money , such as money on restaurant bills . ’ |
6 | ‘ Three portions of plaice and some chips , please , ’ he said firmly in his pleasant baritone voice . |
7 | ‘ Water will find its level , ’ he said softly of his divided opponents ' noisy threats , never carried out , to vote him from office . |
8 | ‘ And besides , ’ he said ruefully to their raised eyebrows , ‘ I 'm too short in the temper . |
9 | ‘ You 're an enigma , ’ Nicky said portentously after his fourth drink . |