Example sentences of "suddenly said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was engaging in some very enthusiastic love play with my husband last week when he suddenly said to me , ‘ Ouch ! |
| 2 | In Stepney 40 per cent of the parishioners were Jews , and almost in the first week I was to become aware of something new , when the rector , Bertram Simpson , later Bishop of Southwark , suddenly said to me , ‘ Tomorrow is the Day of Atonement . |
| 3 | One day I was sitting in his room in Downing Street having a general discussion , when he suddenly said to me , ‘ Can you think of any good name for the next Honours List ? ’ |
| 4 | One day , when Diana and Mary were out and I was learning German , he suddenly said to me , ‘ I want you to learn Hindustani instead of German . |
| 5 | ‘ It is your duty , girls , to make your new colleagues feel at home here , ’ ' Portia suddenly said in stentorian tones which made Marie-Hélène burst out in giggles . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've sometimes thought she was perhaps my mother , ’ she suddenly said in a rush and then paused , turning the statement into a question . |