Example sentences of "[art] [noun] said [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it turned out to be a very relaxed meeting , so much so that when the private session was over and the press were invited in to take photographs , the Prince said to the Pope , ‘ Let me introduce you to my press corps . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ This is him , Fagin , ’ the Dodger said to the old man . |
| 3 | As the cow said to the Maine farmer , ‘ Thank you for a warm hand on a cold morning . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , ’ the driver said to the old lady . |
| 5 | Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits |
| 6 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 7 | Size , as the actress said to the Bishop , is part of the problem . |
| 8 | As the actress said to the bishop . |
| 9 | Labour Members scoff , but that is precisely what the Leader of the Opposition said in the debate the other day . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't grieve for her , ’ the priest said to the family . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's in prison , ’ the Queen said to the executioner . |
| 12 | What the Queen said to the foster-mum . |
| 13 | ‘ This is a very strange breed , is n't it ? ’ the judge said to the owner . |
| 14 | But it appears that the jury 's note was shown to Miss Tucker 's barrister in the presence of the jury , and almost at once the judge said to the barrister ‘ I do n't require you to say anything Mr. H. , ’ and ( turning to the jury ) , ‘ The short answer members of the jury is , ‘ No . ’ |
| 15 | The judge said during the raid Munn stood in front of the counter and the man who had broken down the screen handed him out the £6,460 from the teller 's cash drawers . |
| 16 | The Chancellor said in the first nine months of 1992–93 the Employment Service found jobs for 31,000 unemployed disabled people , 25 per cent more than in the same period of 1991–92 . |
| 17 | ‘ Why here we are all mustarded ’ , as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ’ ; ‘ ‘ Off with a whisk ’ , as the butcher said to the flies ’ ; ‘ ‘ When a man is ashamed to show the front of his face let him turn round and show the back of it ’ , as the turnstile said to the weather-cock . ’ |
| 18 | Write that down , ’ the King said to the jury . |
| 19 | ‘ Get them back on the phone , ’ the landlord said to the foreman . |
| 20 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the Italian said for the last time , thickly , breathless . |
| 21 | Like that right , and she walked down the bus and this , the policeman said to the bus driver , oh you 'll have to hang on a wee minute because I have to speak to this woman here . |
| 22 | Pallister recalled : ‘ What some people in the game said at the time left a bad taste in my mouth . |
| 23 | … I learned afterwards that the surgeon said in the waiting room : ‘ Queens have the right to be brought to bed before their time ; they do n't count like other people . ’ |
| 24 | well , here , I think it fitted in , I think it was this way , it 's a little bit difficult to see from the decision itself , erm this do , when these were notified there were provisions in it for example in relation to admission and expulsion , which the commission objected to and erm , I think one can summarize that this must of happen , the commission said to the marketing question if you do n't remove this restriction or if you do n't erm eradicate what we see as the arbitrary element of |
| 25 | ‘ I must say , ’ the woman said to the man , ‘ I 'm surprised than an animal like that can appreciate this film . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Still here , ’ the woman said from the rear seat floor . |
| 27 | The army said at the weekend that troops had reacted to ‘ enemy provocations ’ and intervened to protect local citizens . |
| 28 | ‘ Why here we are all mustarded ’ , as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ’ ; ‘ ‘ Off with a whisk ’ , as the butcher said to the flies ’ ; ‘ ‘ When a man is ashamed to show the front of his face let him turn round and show the back of it ’ , as the turnstile said to the weather-cock . ’ |
| 29 | The councillor said after the case : ‘ I called one Major because he was doctored and the other Maggie because she was a bitch . |
| 30 | Whatever the newspapers said at the time , we knew where every penny of revenue was coming from and every penny of expenditure was going . |