Example sentences of "[noun sg] said [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , each side said about the other side : |
2 | Yesterday , the shadow Chancellor said on the early morning news that Britain should fall into line with its partners — in other words , that we should give in to them without bothering to do anything to secure the best deal for this country . |
3 | I endorse what my hon. Friend said about the excellent efforts of the Glasgow Evening Times in drawing the matter to our attention . |
4 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
6 | ‘ Still here , ’ the woman said from the rear seat floor . |
7 | ‘ Yeah , ’ the night manager said with the dry kind of irony usually reserved for flying pigs and hell freezing over . |
8 | Eric Hammond of the Electrical , Electronic , Telecommunication and Plumbing Union said in The Daily Telegraph : ’ It is so fundamentally wrong that it will increasingly threaten Labour 's prospects of a national victory . ’ |
9 | ‘ So you 've finally lost your last marble ’ a voice said from the far end of the room . |
10 | ‘ There are only three McCloys in this district , ’ Burden said on the following morning . |
11 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , ’ the driver said to the old lady . |
12 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |