Example sentences of "she say after [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Whatever happens when you go out , ’ she said after a silence , ‘ you must mind your health .
2 ‘ Excuse me , Mr Stevens , ’ she said after a moment .
3 ‘ I see , ’ she said after a while .
4 ‘ I suppose I like you , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , ‘ because you lack guile .
5 Then she said after a small silence , ‘ Alex 's flat is too minute for two . ’
6 ‘ Well Katie , ’ she said after a pause .
7 ‘ That 's the pub where we 're staying , ’ she said after a minute .
8 ‘ You do n't mean that , ’ she said after a moment , lamely .
9 " Yes , I thought so , " she said after a moment 's scrutiny .
10 ‘ Well , I like it , ’ she said after a pause , looking at me .
11 ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a pause , ‘ I 'll marry you six years from now if we 're both alive and if my husband does n't return . ’
12 ‘ You feel safer at home than what you do further away , ’ she said after a long silence , addressing no one .
13 ‘ Like this , ’ she said after a moment , gripping her own thumbnail between her back teeth and worrying at it .
14 ‘ You know , ’ she said after a while , ‘ I enjoy …
15 ‘ I think I can hear something , ’ she said after a while .
16 So , what I mean is … , ’ she said after a moment 's thoughtful silence , ‘ it 's very nice of you , but I do n't need any more bother . ’
17 ‘ There 's no answer , ’ she said after a while .
18 ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments .
19 ‘ I 've got this vague memory of the hotel , ’ she said after a while .
20 ‘ Ah , it 's you , is it , Edgar Linton ? ’ she said after a few moments .
21 ‘ Well , Linton , ’ she said after a while , ‘ you do n't want to talk to me , so I think I 'll go home . ’
22 ‘ It 's so difficult , ’ she said after a while .
23 ‘ Well , ’ she said after a moment 's pause , ‘ of course they are doing the same job up to a point and that 's never an easy pattern of work .
24 ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all .
25 ‘ Civil ’ seems sensible , ’ she said after a moment , in as firm a voice as possible , ‘ I think I can manage that . ’
26 ‘ I — have n't decided yet , ’ she said after a brief hesitation .
27 ‘ Yes , ’ she said after a pause .
28 ‘ Mm , that 's better ! ’ she said after a few mouthfuls .
29 ‘ Funny , ’ she said after a moment , ‘ I 'm getting the unobtainable tone . ’
30 ‘ He sort of talked me into it , ’ she said after a pause that seemed to have gone out of control .
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