Example sentences of "he say in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says in the 1950's there were plans to dump nuclear waste in mineshafts . |
| 2 | As he says in the following extract : |
| 3 | ‘ Hullo , mate , ’ he says in the English accent of his late father . |
| 4 | How can I make him see his colleagues will look down on him if he says in the same old rut ? |
| 5 | He is now hoping to raise enough money to return to Bosnia to continue his work , and while the thought he had to kill still haunts him he says in the same situation he would not fail to kill again . |
| 6 | He said in the small room with the bed . |
| 7 | The 57,000 boat people in Hong Kong are taxing the colony 's resources and nearly 90 per cent of new arrivals are unlikely to qualify as refugees , he said in the second day 's debate on the Queen 's speech . |
| 8 | This is what he said in the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill on 21 May 1992 : |
| 9 | This is what he said in the Second Reading of the Maastricht bill : |
| 10 | ‘ There are times , ’ he said in the first letter , ‘ that I wish myself not a prince , but a simple fellow . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ he said in the new year , a couple of days after term had started , ‘ I 've certainly been and gone and upset Nerina , of all people . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're from the south , ’ he said in the cracking silence . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never learned to play the piano , ’ he said in the early Sixties . |
| 14 | Li Yuan swallowed , sensing that everything depended on what he said in the next few moments ; that his father had not quite made up his mind , even now . |
| 15 | As he said in The Favourite Game : ‘ Seven to 11 is a huge chunk of life , full of dulling and forgetting , ’ though perhaps some of the ‘ forgetting ’ was deliberate . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to be the bearer of bad news , but there 's been an accident , ’ he said in the sepulchral tones of an undertaker . |
| 17 | It was with difficulty that Greg restrained himself from saying ‘ What ! ’ , but knowing that his colleague would assume that he was being told he was about to become an unmarried father , and spread it , he said in the same world-weary voice : ‘ That 's very interesting . ’ |
| 18 | He said in the same low , intent voice : ‘ Is this what you expected of me , Harry ? |