Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Homework , ’ Herr Nordern said with more sympathy than he would normally have allowed himself . |
| 2 | ‘ YOU 'VE got to get rid of the males , ’ David Gardner said with such fierce determination that he conjured up an image of concentration camps for male hops in remote parts of Kent . |
| 3 | The atmosphere was , however , cordial , if not convivial , and the talk was of what grandchildren were up to or what Dr So-and-so said about this or that particular problem . |
| 4 | Ardiles said he began to mistrust Swindon Town 's former chairman Brian Hillier , who 's on trial with Macari , and former club accountant Vince Farrar.Ardiles said in 1990 he stopped offering the cash bonuses , and players were soon paid a monthly salary direct into their bank accounts.Macari , Hillier , and Farrar deny the charges , and the case continues . |
| 5 | Aunt Emily said with real warmth , ‘ I am so glad , my dear . |
| 6 | Dr Prescott said in New Scientist today that it gave a ‘ big boost ’ which salt or sugar alone could not provide . |
| 7 | Kambiz Atabai , a slim , good-looking and asked him if he would share his secret and Dr Shakhar said by all means . |
| 8 | Replying directly to a businesswoman 's plea during the debate for ‘ one more little miracle ’ to ease the impact of the new rate on firms , Mr Lawson said to muted applause : ‘ The answer is that there is no alternative , and the policy will work . ’ |
| 9 | All would be revealed , Mr Gorbachev said on national television , for the Soviet people had a right to know . |
| 10 | They were , as Secretary of State Ted Short said in 1968 , ‘ strongly identified with the LEA system ’ : |
| 11 | Phil Thornally : As Fred Trueman said of Indoor League , ‘ I 'll sithee ’ . |
| 12 | I know that Pam Palmer said of one of her friends whose husband who 's having he did n't like his work . |
| 13 | Mocking Mrs Thatcher 's claim that Conservative policies had achieved an economic miracle , Mr Kinnock said after 10 years with oil revenues not enjoyed by any of Britain 's competitors , the country had 2 million unemployed , the highest inflation , highest interest rates and biggest balance of payments deficit of the industrialised countries . |
| 14 | Mr Ridley said in 1987 that it could not lend to those who seemed unlikely to be able to service their debts — He went too far : technically , it could . |
| 15 | ‘ Let him be , ’ Uncle Nick said at last . |
| 16 | Mr Mendine said in those conditions driving was difficult because the inside of the cab steamed up with condensation , the windscreen wipers did not clear the whole of the screen and the front lights were obscured when carrying a high load . |
| 17 | Mr Widmer said in recent years , the councils had failed to fully reimburse the bus companies in line with the agreement . |
| 18 | ‘ My good girl , ’ Mr Beckenham said in some embarrassment , ‘ I can assure you my troubles are vastly inferior to your own . |
| 19 | The composer generally credited with the introduction of the stylo recitativo into England was Nicholas Lanier ( 1588–1666 ) , composer , singer , lutenist , Master of the King 's Music , and deviser of masques at the court of Charles I , but there is some doubt whether what Ben Jonson said in 1640 that Lanier ‘ spake in song ’ in two of his masques in 1617 — was genuine recitative or only declamatory song . |
| 20 | ‘ In the winter months , ’ Mrs Corduroy said with smiling determination , ‘ he misses the rat race . |
| 21 | The commitment to ring fence for as long as necessary , as Baroness Hooper said in another place , will allow the Secretary of State arbitrarily to decide that , if he wishes to allocate the funds to some other project , he could deem the necessity to have ceased . |
| 22 | ‘ You must be crazy , ’ Pietro Miletti said at last . |
| 23 | ‘ What Philip Larkin said about short stories was very useful , and those that were poems . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't make trouble , Jack , ’ Mrs Hatton said with that peculiar intense control of hers . |
| 25 | Winston Churchill said of atomic energy in 1939 , ‘ It might be as good as present day explosives , but it is unlikely to produce anything very much more dangerous . ’ |
| 26 | In Hedley Byrne & Co. v. Heller & Partners ( below , p. 338 ) Lord Devlin said of this case : ‘ … |
| 27 | Again , in Wright v British Railways Board [ 1983 ] 2 AC 733 Lord Diplock said of non-pecuniary loss : |
| 28 | DUP councillor Sammy Wilson said at last week 's monthly meeting of the council it was unnecessary for the Lord Mayor to attend the Hong Kong trip as Belfast would be well represented by Laganisde board members , amongst others . |
| 29 | As Brightman J said in United Sterling Corp Ltd v Felton and Mannion [ 1974 ] RPC 162 " This contractual obligation of fidelity … may prevent a skilled employee from giving his assistance to a competitor despite the fact that such assistance is provided by the employee in his own time and despite the fact that no information has been disclosed to the employees in confidence " . |
| 30 | Perry 's manager Sally Dickinson said at one point Mr Glenn had tried to switch on a light to raise the alarm but had been threatened with violence . |