Example sentences of "[pron] said in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll have to eat together , ’ I said in a doleful tone which I knew would upset my mother as much as the vision which my remark would conjure up . |
| 2 | I said in a loud whisper . |
| 3 | Outside Lisabeth 's door I said in a loud voice , as if talking to someone : ‘ That 's the trouble , you just ca n't get the staff these days … ’ |
| 4 | I said in a quick voice . |
| 5 | ‘ Dawn , ’ I said in a hopeful voice . |
| 6 | 'That is carrying the democratic principle too far , ‘ I said in a careless laughing way . |
| 7 | " Right , mate , " I said in a menacing whisper . |
| 8 | As I said in a previous article , the Dinas Mawddwy Railway has been obliterated in some places much more than other lines I have walked . |
| 9 | If you take all of the money that has been spent since the policy was established in nineteen eighty eight , it still does not amount to twenty pence per child which as I said in a previous erm question , answer to a previous question , is bare would barely buy a pencil for each child . |
| 10 | ‘ I can handle Quigley , ’ I said in a steady voice . |
| 11 | She was asleep — there was a little island of light over her bed in the side-room of the empty ward — and someone said in a professional whisper , ‘ Do you think she 's ready for the next stage ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's just not fun to run when lies and things , hurtful lies ( are published ) , ’ she said in a recent interview . |
| 13 | ‘ I never set out to be a role model for girls or women , ’ she said in a recent interview , ‘ and I do n't conform to any stereotype . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll never do that again , ’ she said in a low voice . |
| 15 | ‘ That is not all , Inspector , ’ she said in a low , terse voice . |
| 16 | ‘ Hearken to me , my son , ’ she said in a low voice . |
| 17 | ‘ My cousin is here , ’ she said in a low voice , ‘ Craig 's brother , be careful … ’ |
| 18 | She said in a low , fierce voice , ‘ Why do n't you smile and look nice , ’ and he blinked with surprise , looking so small and so sweet that she softened . |
| 19 | ‘ Michael , ’ she said in a low voice , straightening . |
| 20 | Then she said in a low voice : ‘ I asked Sir Charles to tell nobody . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why are you doing this ? ’ she said in a low voice . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't need them , ’ she said in a low voice . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I want to go back to my flat in London , ’ she said in a low tone . |
| 24 | ‘ I had planned to break off my engagement with Jonathan anyway , ’ she said in a low voice . |
| 25 | ‘ People do n't need each other , ’ she said in a low voice , ‘ they need food , water , air . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I hope not — any more , ’ she said in a low voice . |
| 27 | Even without your help I 'd find my family , ’ she said in a low tone , ‘ and it would n't matter if I had to look up every Corosini in the phone book and knock on a hundred doors . ’ |
| 28 | She said in a low voice , ‘ You loved her — and yet you did — that ? |
| 29 | She said in a low voice , ‘ I thought you wanted La Tour Monchauzet . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 've never told me , ’ she said in a low voice . |