Example sentences of "said in [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spot checks on any consumer 's use of electricity would also be possible ; and as the Electricity Council 's Energy Management Task Force said in its 1981 report : ‘ the remoteness and automation of the meter reading process has ‘ Big Brother ’ overtones . ’ |
| 2 | LRT said in its corporate plan published yesterday : ‘ The level of congestion on the Underground is such that unconstrained further growth in demand can not safely be accommodated , and real increases in fares would help restrain excessive growth . ’ |
| 3 | After consulting with other departmental Select Committees , however , the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC ) said in its Eighteenth Report for 1988–9 ( HC 354 ) that they did not consider deferral of the publication of departmental reports to March ( spring ) to be a satisfactory way of bringing the reports alongside the estimates and publication of both documents to January . |
| 4 | Turning now to those carers who said in their first interview that they wanted their relative to remain at home , one would expect that those in the action sample would be more likely to have retained that preference than those in the control sample ( assuming that the project has provided extra home care when needed and therefore indirectly or directly assisted or relieved the principal carers ) . |
| 5 | She looked up lazily then said in her cooler manner . |
| 6 | Mrs Fitzgerald said in her gentle voice and Anne smiled and agreed . |
| 7 | ‘ Two biscuits on each saucer , ’ she said in her crow-like voice . |
| 8 | ‘ Honestly , ’ she said in her normal tones , lying back on the cushions . |
| 9 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said in her normal voice , and grinned . |
| 10 | She got up , went over to their table with the half-smoked stub , and said in her best BBC voice : " Excuse me , but I wonder whether you could possibly let me have a light ? |
| 11 | ‘ Sam , ’ she said in her tired voice . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you have Blake on the brain , ’ Charity said in her sternest doctor 's voice . |
| 13 | ‘ Sarah will come with us , wo n't you , love ? ’ she said in her weak voice , and Sarah gladly agreed . |
| 14 | ‘ I think we could sit down now , ’ Charlotte said in her clear voice , smiling at them from the door , and they followed her into the dining room . |
| 15 | Lady Diana Cooper ( then in her eighty-eighth year ) who attended the event , said in her inimitable way : ‘ Was n't that a mighty feast to set before a King ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She 's round , ma'am , ’ Salt said in her angry voice , and under her breath : ‘ Blessed if I know what the world 's coming to … serving wenches falling about and being propped in chairs as if they were gentry . ’ |
| 17 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall ( Miss Hoey ) said in her excellent contribution , the degree of racism and racist violence on the rise in Europe must be dealt with . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank you , ’ Charlotte said in her self-contained way . |
| 19 | ‘ The phone is over there , Chris , and I suggest you try to reach Toby now , ’ she said in her determined way . |
| 20 | Dr Mowlam Redcar MP since 1987 said in her written reply : ‘ I am still a member of CND and I still want the country rid of nuclear weapons . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , Prentice , ’ Aline said in her sing-song voice . |
| 22 | ‘ You know , you sure are different from the way I 'd imagined you , ’ she said in her slow drawl as she poured out fresh drinks for them both . |
| 23 | She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers . |
| 24 | ‘ I an no admirer of President Reagan , ’ she said in her precise way . |
| 25 | Mr Rochester said in his deep voice , without turning his head , ‘ Continue with the ceremony . ’ |
| 26 | I hope that the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) will understand that I do not intend to follow what he said in his long speech — it was almost the same length as his speech in our previous debate on the subject — or his wide range of criticisms of the Government 's policy . |
| 27 | Many , though , might still agree with Mr Harold Macmillan , who said in his 1956 Budget speech : ‘ To tell the truth , I have often thought of Budget Day rather like a school speech day — a bit of a bore , but there it is . ’ |
| 28 | FRANCE is to suspend nuclear tests at its South Pacific atoll site , Mururoa , this year , M Pierre Beregovoy , Prime Minister , said in his inaugural speech to parliament yesterday . |
| 29 | As he said in his first novel , answering one of his early girlfriend 's naive questions , ‘ What was it like to have no father ? ’ he laconically answered , ‘ It made you more grown-up . |
| 30 | ‘ I am Tick , the deformed coachman , ’ he said in his First Witch voice ( ‘ Macabre in the extreme' — Plays and Players ) . |