Example sentences of "he said [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , lots , ’ he said without enthusiasm . |
| 2 | ‘ I like the way you laugh , ’ he said without coquetry . |
| 3 | ‘ It was an accident , ’ he said without expression . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're early about the house , ’ he said without surprise . |
| 5 | ‘ Somehow I 've a feeling that that 's going to change , ’ he said without regret . |
| 6 | ‘ It leaks , ’ he said without preamble , and in one of those soft , seductive voices that sort of oozed through your pores . |
| 7 | ‘ The Queen will see you in her private solar , ’ he said without preamble when he reached them . |
| 8 | ‘ Do what you like , ’ he said without interest , and stretched out on the sofa . |
| 9 | ‘ I sometimes think Sisyphus had an easier task , ’ he said without humour . |
| 10 | He said between gasps : ‘ I was looking for something . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So we are at Sakkrat , ’ he said between mouthfuls . |
| 12 | He said between December 1 last year and March 3 this year the Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale ambulance stations had attended 145 jobs , of which only three exceeded the national response time requirement of 19 minutes . |
| 13 | " Damn you , Horatia , " he said through set teeth . |
| 14 | ‘ No , no , no , ’ he said about intimidation . |
| 15 | Do you know what he said about fathers and sons ? ’ |
| 16 | She did n't like what he said about shades of grey , nor the suggestion that villains and heroes were artificial categories . |
| 17 | oh Matt , right , and he was saying something about getting married and he said about bridesmaids , er have you choose the bridesmaids dresses ? , how old is she then ? |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman will know that I can not comment on what he said about taxation . |
| 19 | He was n't prepared to be carried along with the wave and the various things that he said about Europe were completely right for what he said . |
| 20 | I have had more submissions than he said about South Ayrshire , but mostly they were tear-out strips from newspapers and from people who had been — |
| 21 | For all he said about poetry being a ‘ mug 's game ’ , he must have felt an interior exultation at knowing that he possessed outstanding gifts . |
| 22 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 23 | What he said about Evans 's movements and behaviour on Saturday evening plus his confirmation of Jacko Roberts 's placing of Connon high on the Evans suspect list had set Pascoe 's mind racing . |
| 24 | What he said about thieving — it 's important . |
| 25 | In view , however , of what he said about student support , compared with what the citizens advice bureaux say about student support — the citizens advice bureaux deal with real students suffering real hardship in the real world , while the Prime Minister hides himself away behind locked gates in 10 |
| 26 | It is thus quite clear that whatever he said about Shakespeare 's plays , Tolkien read some of them with keen attention : most of all , Macbeth . |
| 27 | ‘ For those were troublous times , ’ he said on a downward-curving cadence , ‘ and such times have come again , but take heart : for ‘ when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted , he said unto Moses , There is a noise of war in the camp . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 'll ever be that , ’ he said with resignation . |
| 29 | ‘ Glory Be ! ’ he said with resignation . |
| 30 | But I 'm warnin' yer , Billy , ’ he said with menace . |