Example sentences of "she said the word " in BNC.
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1 | I stood behind her and , when she said the word , helped her to heave the load from the ground . |
2 | She said the word clearly , but still did not raise her eyes to her father 's . |
3 | He looked away and she said the word for him , anticipating him without quite knowing how , as she so often did . |
4 | She said the word Chepén several times , as though she was speaking to a particularly stupid servant , Tolambo , too , the Hacienda Tolambo , and at the same time she made a circling motion with her hand , ending up with her finger pointed at the road ahead and the jagged peaks of the cordillera disembodied in a ragged mist hole . |
5 | She was n't aware of how her voice softened when she said the word ‘ Mother ’ , although she did know that the precepts of morality and etiquette that she remembered her mother spelling out to her were the ones she kept most assiduously . |
6 | ‘ If you wanted that you should n't have sent me somewhere tame , ’ Maggie pointed out , nearly laughing as she said the word . |
7 | He smiled at her when she said the word ‘ child ’ and held out his hand . |
8 | She said the words with such bitterness that Tempy glanced inquisitively from the window . |
9 | As she said the words her mind was calculating . |
10 | " Do n't let the bugs bite " She said the words without thinking , just as she had said them almost every night of her life . |
11 | You 've certainly had them in the past , ’ she reminded him , ignoring the small , unexpected twist of pain inside her as she said the words . |
12 | Even as she said the words , Rory shuddered , caught in the grip of a sudden , devastating premonition . |
13 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |