Example sentences of "said [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ George finished his treatment three months ago and is doing well , ’ said Gary at the launch of his BBC children 's show We Are The Champions . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , ’ said Colin at the end , ‘ it is n't a secret any more . |
| 3 | " Hey my man , " said Felix in the lobby , running a thumb down my thin lapel . |
| 4 | The decision left Kylie ‘ hurt and angry ’ said Blamey after the ruling . |
| 5 | ‘ We needed him ’ , said Tuibua of the man he described as ‘ one of the best sevens players in the world ’ . |
| 6 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 7 | ‘ I think that it was just a solitary fighter boys , ’ said Biggins to the crew , ‘ but stay well alert , just in case . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I can only do it when we 're in the middle of a conversation and you look at me speculatively and then say something anodyne in a voice that is so deliberately empty of judgment I can practically feel the strength of will you are exerting to keep it so , ’ said David with the hint of a laugh in his deep voice . |
| 9 | ‘ Well done , ’ said David to the superintendent after he 'd examined the scalds . |
| 10 | ‘ Brian has been suffering from a loss of confidence , ’ said Roxburgh of the player who was relegated to the Manchester United substitutes ' bench on Saturday . |
| 11 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said Camille from the sitting-room and Scarlet felt happier : all that she loved in the world was safely indoors , not roaming the streets with the dispossessed , the vengeful , the undead . |
| 13 | ‘ No need to freak out , ’ said Tina in the parlance of the time . |
| 14 | ‘ The reaction from listeners was very good , ’ said Ray after the stunt . |
| 15 | ‘ Meanwhile ’ , said Wordsworth in The Excursion ( 1814 ) : |
| 16 | ‘ Some people pointed a finger at us , ’ said Alan after the inquest . |
| 17 | ‘ If you had to sum up the idea of Playboy it is anti-Puritanism , ’ said Hefner at the time . |
| 18 | When appropriate a statement or report will be issued : ‘ We have no other power but the word ’ said Beck at the project 's launch , ‘ But it has the value of slowing down the madness ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The usual ? ’ said Duncan behind the bar , Jamie nodded . |
| 20 | " Fiver ! " said Hazel in the dark . |
| 21 | ‘ All right ? ’ said Robert from the door . |
| 22 | Erm with chimney sweeper was waiting down in the high street he was waiting there whoa said Mr to the donkey , the donkey was wondering probably whether he was so without listening to a word of warning he jumped on him |
| 23 | ‘ It 's all me frustrations , ’ said Dolly from the bed . |
| 24 | ‘ The future will not be a great one without a family , ’ said Leon with the wisdom of seventeen years . |
| 25 | ‘ So he 's kept close within , ’ said Owen at the end of it , ‘ and that 's no more than we expected . |
| 26 | ‘ Colin played very well and I have no regrets ’ , said Weir after the game . |
| 27 | ‘ Cootchy , cootchy , coo , ’ said Lili to the dog . |
| 28 | ‘ Bugger off , ’ said Lili to the dog , incurring the insincere wrath of his mistress , who chose that moment to reappear . |
| 29 | ‘ He just could n't believe there was that much money in the world and it was coming to him , ’ said Sybil at the time . |
| 30 | ‘ My stepfather — ’ said Jack to the ward sister , his stutter worsening . |