Example sentences of "said [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's snug enough here , I 'll grant you , ’ said the first nome , ‘ but all this stuff you get outside , what d' you call it , begins with an N — ’ |
| 2 | He said the first floor of the building would provide facilities for the town council , as well as including a stage and auditorium for public performances , with full access for the disabled . |
| 3 | Mr Globe said the first raid was at Satterthwaite 's confectioners in Crosby when they threatened two women with a screwdriver and stole £513 . |
| 4 | ‘ Never in my career , ’ said the First Pilot , ‘ have I heard such insolence . |
| 5 | He goes up through the hoops along the narrow , she said the first day when all the others were standing there shaking at the narrow bath he was just over it and down and she said you 've never seen him |
| 6 | He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they ! |
| 7 | ‘ You know you have no father or mother , ’ said the first man , ‘ and that you have been brought up with other orphans ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ said the first man . |
| 9 | ‘ You have been a help to us and now we are done with you , ’ said the first man , smiling up at him . |
| 10 | ‘ They can hit all sorts of things on their way downriver , ’ said the first man , looking at his friend chidingly . |
| 11 | Chief executive Bill Hughes said the first quarter had been difficult but order books for the second were showing ‘ promising signs of improvement ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ You see , Miss , ’ said the first gardener , ‘ these roses are white , but the Queen only likes red roses , and she … ’ |
| 13 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
| 14 | As Mark began to reply , she said the first name with him , nodding her head the while . |
| 15 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 16 | Nutty did not take in much of what the Sergeant said the first night . |
| 17 | ‘ We are starting now , love David ’ , said the first sheet , which was promptly glued to the T of the great , gold SALT 'S sign hijacked from the mill offices and hoisted above the 15 by 9 ½ft frame divided into 144 sections for the fax picture . |
| 18 | ‘ Looks like it , ’ said the first constable . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , get your best friend to take you home , ’ said the first constable , ‘ or we might have to take you down to the station for the good of your health . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ All this mad cow disease is very worrying is n't it ? ’ said the first cow . |
| 21 | ‘ It was murder ’ , said the first housemaid firmly . |
| 22 | Some teachers said the first draft of the unit was biased toward an anti-nuclear view , Ris concedes , but he adds that the final version is more balanced . |
| 23 | Alison Pratt , the union 's regional horticultural policy adviser , said the first meeting will be held on March 3 and the second on March 17 , both at Agriculture House , Darlington . |
| 24 | She had Oz by the shoulder and Jinny , tumbling nearly into her arms , said the first thing that came into her head . |
| 25 | I could hardly believe it , and said the first thing that came into my head . |
| 26 | Tweed said the first thing that came into his head . |
| 27 | Adam said the first thing would be to get old Hilbert 's fridge going . |
| 28 | Unable to bear this silent examination a moment longer , she said the first thing that came into her head . |
| 29 | He said the first thing that came into his mind that would eradicate any suspicion she was harbouring that he might soften towards her . |
| 30 | remember what we said the first thing to date you have to understand what you 're trying to do |