Example sentences of "she said [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said of the man behind that last letter : ‘ The forward right-slanted writing indicates that emotions took priority over his thinking . |
| 2 | And she said of the cash : ‘ Perhaps Chris has started to contribute to the upkeep of his child . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think he likes me , ’ she said of the dog . |
| 4 | — ‘ Look at the Bridge , ’ she said over the commlink . |
| 5 | ‘ Hallo , Father , ’ she said into the phone . |
| 6 | ‘ Meg , ’ she said into the telephone , 'a bird has just hit my front window . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'll go out and do a bit more work , ’ she said into the silence that hung between them . |
| 8 | ‘ The quadrille , ’ she said into the face of Sarah 's bewilderment . |
| 9 | ‘ What did you telephone for , then ? ’ she said into the mouthpiece . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she said into the mouthpiece . |
| 12 | But I ca n't think , what she said about the adult team . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No , you may not , ’ she said with a calmness that bore little resemblance to the chaos inside her . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ This shows that my family owned the land , ’ she said with a simplicity that might have left even a lawyer silent . |
| 17 | " Old Doris ! " she said with a snort . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't look gorgeous and untouchable , ’ she said with a snort . |
| 19 | ‘ Now I 'm starting to believe you really are sick , ’ she said with a snort . |
| 20 | ‘ And you have n't seen what I get to put on next , ’ she said with a shudder . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't eat anything , ’ she said with a shudder . |
| 22 | I do n't love you , so it would be foolish , ’ she said with a laugh . |
| 23 | ‘ What fun ! ’ she said with a laugh . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ It is n't impossible for love not to hurt but it usually does at some point , ’ she said with a sigh . |
| 26 | ‘ It was a couple o' years ago , ’ she said with a sigh . |
| 27 | ‘ Honestly , Anthony , ’ she said with a sigh , ‘ I think I 'll be better in bed . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Well — that 's OK , ’ she said with a sense of relief . |
| 30 | You 've told me so several times , ’ she said with a flash of her old spirit . |