Example sentences of "he said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said under Labour the money would be used to give a boost to the local construction trade and help many of the town 's homeless families . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're kidding ? ’ he said without much conviction . |
| 3 | Well yeah but he said without this card he ca n't get no money , cos he 's used what money he had to pay off the card . |
| 4 | ‘ When Franz begins to give you your plotting for Arsena , you must ask him to find you static positioning , ’ he said without any preamble . |
| 5 | and I , I went home , phoned them and he said well , I got , there 's nobody there , try he said between five and six that 's his lunch hour , so I phoned , could n't get , oh no I , I thought well it 'll be too if I do n't get so I took it home |
| 6 | And he said over twenty ones . |
| 7 | ‘ Please go away , ’ he said through gritted teeth . |
| 8 | ‘ A lesson to be learned here , Devlin , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he raised his other hand in front of Jimmy 's face . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm talking to you , ’ he said through gritted teeth . |
| 10 | ‘ Be quiet , Shannon , ’ he said through gritted teeth . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , ’ he said through gritted teeth , ‘ would you care to make a big scene in front of all the other diners , or would you like to walk out of here under your own steam ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 13 | ‘ I can stay , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 14 | ‘ I attended various social functions that required me to have a female escort , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 15 | I 'd hate you to imagine that I 'm doing this out of the goodness of my heart , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't know what you 're saying , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 17 | Yeah I think cos he said about that in the lecture about the |
| 18 | Did Tony all of this what he said about that |
| 19 | that was the laugh with David he said erm , he said about that and that cos when he had this , they had this big farewell thing did n't they at the bowling alley and I never went and I was the only one and erm they come round , they come round and I thought yeah I really |
| 20 | He said about four million people would have their tax cut by a fifth . |
| 21 | Anyway he would n't I know what he said about working Saturdays but like , you used your car as well and it was n't just when you said that as well . |
| 22 | He said about 30 files in the Public Records Office , including some which were closed to the public , were examined . |
| 23 | Let me tell the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) that I heard what he said about this matter on Thursday , and I agree with him . |
| 24 | That 's what he said about last week . |
| 25 | and er when he got there Je , er er erm , Julian and I were loading about a ton of turf into my van and I was gon na take it to Caffer Cliss but he said for fifteen quid I 'll take that , I 'll take that away for you . |
| 26 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 27 | He said for any project |
| 28 | Well , because he said for obvious reasons , he said er I did n't want my name and address mentioned . |
| 29 | ‘ It scared the life out of me , ’ he said with apparent sincerity . |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe you 're right , ’ he said with razor-sharp precision , ‘ maybe I am here to sleep with her . |