Example sentences of "[pers pn] said with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do hope so , ’ I said with polite enthusiasm . |
| 2 | ‘ And I enjoyed every minute of the trip , ’ I said with genuine enthusiasm . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't … move … the arrow , ’ I said with terrible urgency . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's wonderful , ’ I said with suitable sanctimony . |
| 5 | Philip implicitly dismisses the value of his own reflections on the ugliness of modern London with off-hand self-ironizing comments which imply that he too is a product of the intellectual dissipation he criticizes : ‘ Life , I said with startling originality as I stepped out of the bus in my mackintosh , is like that ’ ( 307 ) . |
| 6 | " All right , " I said with false breeziness as I left . |
| 7 | ‘ They 'll take anyone who is n't blind , ’ I said with dismissive untruth . |
| 8 | ‘ So it does n't matter if I say no , ’ I said with some relief , for I had been feeling somewhat guilty at risking Thessy 's chances of making some money . |
| 9 | ‘ No , thanks , ’ I said with noble restraint . |
| 10 | ’ That 's all right , then , ’ I said with more confidence than I felt . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I can handle any more shocks , ’ she said with taut bitterness . |
| 12 | Flavia turned away , took a few steps , came back and stood still : keeping her eyes on Andrée 's face she said with complete intensity , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I really do n't know where you got the idea that I 've been avoiding you , ’ she said with laudable calm . |
| 14 | ‘ You could never break them down , ’ she said with tremulous bravado . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid , ’ she said with admirable honesty , ‘ I missed it . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps he is , ’ she said with assumed indifference . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course the transcriber — this Yank — wanted it to be all very hush-hush and MI5 , but I rang Mrs Machin myself , and checked up , and she said with all this new interest she thought the material ought to be available to any scholar who wanted to look at it . |
| 18 | ‘ You really are incredible , ’ she said with all the venom she could muster . |
| 19 | No cos the health visitor , she , cos I asked her about sterilizing , and , and she said with all teats they should be sterilized no matter what age they are |
| 20 | That can not be true , ’ she said with assured authority . |
| 21 | ‘ Listen to me , Harry , ’ she said with icy composure . |
| 22 | ‘ In my book , it is , ’ she said with absolute certainty . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I 've already done that , ’ she said with cool nonchalance . |
| 24 | ‘ I wish it had n't ! ’ she said with equal bitterness . |
| 25 | ‘ You know I love you , ’ she said with childlike simplicity . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry if I 'm taking up your valuable time , but look on the bright side , ’ she said with unarguable logic . |
| 27 | ‘ Excuse me , ’ she said with exaggerated politeness , ‘ I 'd like to freshen up . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Very well , Adam , ’ she said with exaggerated slowness . |
| 29 | ‘ Thought you would n't hold out much longer than five minutes , ’ she said with smug complacency . |
| 30 | What part of my character is under fire this time ? ’ 'Do n't , ’ she said with such pain in her voice that he could almost believe it was genuine . |