Example sentences of "she said [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She liked to think , as she lay in her corner , that she was shut in a cage with some powerful wild animal , a tiger or a lion or a bear , who had devoured his keeper and would spring upon anyone else who opened his door , but with whom she was ‘ quite safe and conceited ’ , as she said with a chuckle . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , you may not , ’ she said with a calmness that bore little resemblance to the chaos inside her . |
| 3 | She said with a shock that she realised she had grown up among the men on her father 's farm without seeing them as people you could conceivably fancy . |
| 4 | ‘ This shows that my family owned the land , ’ she said with a simplicity that might have left even a lawyer silent . |
| 5 | " Old Doris ! " she said with a snort . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't look gorgeous and untouchable , ’ she said with a snort . |
| 7 | ‘ Now I 'm starting to believe you really are sick , ’ she said with a snort . |
| 8 | ‘ And you have n't seen what I get to put on next , ’ she said with a shudder . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't eat anything , ’ she said with a shudder . |
| 10 | I do n't love you , so it would be foolish , ’ she said with a laugh . |
| 11 | ‘ What fun ! ’ she said with a laugh . |
| 12 | ‘ Put me down , you lecherous old goat ! ’ she said with a laugh , and , pushing him away , she straightend up in time to see That Man emerge from Jim 's old office with Ben Bradshaw , the senior registrar . |
| 13 | ‘ It is n't impossible for love not to hurt but it usually does at some point , ’ she said with a sigh . |
| 14 | ‘ It was a couple o' years ago , ’ she said with a sigh . |
| 15 | ‘ Honestly , Anthony , ’ she said with a sigh , ‘ I think I 'll be better in bed . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll give me a chance to get on with my baking an' that then for the WI stall , ’ she said with a nod of approval . |
| 17 | ‘ Well — that 's OK , ’ she said with a sense of relief . |
| 18 | You 've told me so several times , ’ she said with a flash of her old spirit . |
| 19 | ‘ We came back early , ’ she said with a shrug before going back to her rifling . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ she said with a shrug , ‘ I 've been busy , building my career . |
| 21 | ‘ Waste not , want not , ’ she said with a frown of disapproval . |
| 22 | ‘ Well ye 'll do as yer telt ! ’ she said with a frown . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said with a frown , ‘ I do n't see how there could be a connection . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm always what I want to be , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 25 | You tried to stop me seeing my family , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 26 | ‘ Hello , ’ she said with a smile . |
| 27 | ‘ Could you possibly prepare me a John Collins Mr Nelmes , ’ she said with a smile . |
| 28 | ‘ Duty , ’ she said with a smile , and lowered her voice . |
| 29 | ‘ The melodrama of journalism , ’ she said with a smile . |
| 30 | ‘ Thanks for coming , ’ she said with a smile . |