Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] a [adj] voice " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them , a handsome man scarcely more than an adolescent , shouted something in a high voice . |
| 2 | On inquiring where the bathroom was , the woman told me in a timid voice that although it was the door facing mine , there would be no hot water available until after supper . |
| 3 | ‘ And there you are wrong , ’ Alain assured her in an amused voice . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm normal now , ’ Maggie assured him in a fuzzy voice as he helped her to the bed and lifted her on to it . |
| 5 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 6 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 7 | Beth told her in a reproachful voice . |
| 8 | ‘ The only way you 're going to hurt me is by running away from me , ’ he told her in a rough voice . |
| 9 | ‘ It is a lucky man or woman , ’ he told her in a soft voice , ‘ who is blessed with the privilege of being able to pick and choose the challenges he or she must face in life . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't bother coming back , ’ he told her in a detached voice . |
| 11 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't have done any speculating at all , ’ she informed him in a trembling voice , ‘ if you could bring yourself to be honest with me ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm going to find the nearest policeman , ’ she informed him in an icy voice . |
| 14 | He stood up , long rifle and bayonet pointing , and challenged him in a frightened voice . |
| 15 | " And what next ? " she asked herself in a low voice . |
| 16 | ‘ Then he called him in a loud voice , and said to me , ‘ I think John Bunyan must be deaf . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Love 's little death , ’ she corrected him in a stifled voice . |
| 18 | Rose asked her in a low voice . |
| 19 | Her mother said something in a low voice , which she did n't catch . |
| 20 | Carl greeted us with a soft-spoken voice . |