Example sentences of "she say [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says as a housewife she notices dirty floors . |
| 2 | She says of the building societies : ‘ How dare they ignore the real needs of loyal customers by pursuing a marketing ploy which only benefits a few . |
| 3 | It 's grown into a different shape over the years , ’ she says of the abundance of jugs , pebbles , paintings ( almost all done by members of the family ) , china , and even animal skulls , which jostle each other to form displays everywhere you look . |
| 4 | ‘ It would be nice to have it published , but even so , I have got a great sense of satisfaction from finding out things for myself , ’ she says of the volume , which includes 230 illustrations . |
| 5 | Course Moira always has had a vivid imagination , you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt . |
| 6 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a love poem , ’ she says with a smile . |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't offer you alcohol , ’ she says with a smile . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not a celebrity , ’ she says with a levelness I was told to expect . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I know how to do housekeeping , ’ she says with a touch of irony . |
| 11 | ‘ I have had no hassle from the other women but the prison guards at Risley were awful , they kept calling me the Duchess , ’ she says with a touch of nastiness . |
| 12 | it 's an old , old house but she says at the top of the house |
| 13 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 14 | The latter makes up what she says on the spot depending on the enquiry . |
| 15 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 16 | She says to the sergeant , ‘ Look at my face . |
| 17 | ‘ I was very drunk , Jay , ’ she says in a rush , ‘ I did n't mean that to happen . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It is difficult to believe otherwise , ’ she says in an editorial , ‘ that certain television professionals have deliberately ‘ pushed out the boat ’ in calculated attempts to normalise language and behaviour which has previously been seen — and then only occasionally — in very late/early morning films . ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Maxwell provided him with £500,000 after the death of her husband Robert because her son was in trouble , she says in an affidavit signed for liquidators of the private Maxwell companies . |
| 20 | She said of the man behind that last letter : ‘ The forward right-slanted writing indicates that emotions took priority over his thinking . |
| 21 | And she said of the cash : ‘ Perhaps Chris has started to contribute to the upkeep of his child . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think he likes me , ’ she said of the dog . |
| 23 | — ‘ Look at the Bridge , ’ she said over the commlink . |
| 24 | ‘ Hallo , Father , ’ she said into the phone . |
| 25 | ‘ Meg , ’ she said into the telephone , 'a bird has just hit my front window . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I 'll go out and do a bit more work , ’ she said into the silence that hung between them . |
| 27 | ‘ The quadrille , ’ she said into the face of Sarah 's bewilderment . |
| 28 | ‘ What did you telephone for , then ? ’ she said into the mouthpiece . |
| 29 | ‘ Just one moment , Mr Angel is free now , ’ she said into the mouthpiece in a voice I had n't heard since Fenella 's parents had paid us a visit once . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she said into the mouthpiece . |