Example sentences of "said the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was marvellous , ’ said the relieved gran . |
| 2 | ‘ Perfectly , ’ said the relieved Mr Bumble , moving away into the rain and pulling his wife with him . |
| 3 | Avon 's company secretary , Neil Whittingham , said the 89,000 sq ft scheme which could create 200 jobs , will go ahead almost immediately as planning permission for the greenfield site has been secured . |
| 4 | I 'LL geev you three camels for your wife , ’ said the toothless street vendor with a lecherous look on his face . |
| 5 | ‘ God is great ! ’ said the rapt audience . |
| 6 | ‘ Naturally , ’ said the frigid voice . |
| 7 | But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . |
| 8 | ‘ Ssssussann , ’ said the snake-tongued shadow in the fog . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , Mahmoud el Zaki , ’ said the deep voice . |
| 10 | You think he was telling the truth when the said the anti-liberal operation starts today ? ’ |
| 11 | The company said the major impact was on the UK brick company ‘ where a number of less effective manufacturing facilities are to be closed and production concentrated on the low-cost , high-quality plants ’ . |
| 12 | And of those who firmly intended to vote Conservative more than half of them said the major reason for giving the Tories support was that ‘ they like the local candidate ’ . |
| 13 | However , Barry Martyn , a commercial director with Safeway , who opened the three-day conference , said the major challenge still facing the industry was meeting consumer concerns for environmentally sound production . |
| 14 | While Mr Patten said the Government would still retain standards covering health , safety and welfare , he said the individual school ‘ should be free to deploy its resources including teaching area and land as it sees fit ’ . |
| 15 | The Tass reporter said the following conversation ensued . |
| 16 | As Balfour himself said the following year , ‘ in Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country . ’ |
| 17 | " Cousin , " she said the following morning as soon as Jill was awake . |
| 18 | Brian Considine , Sharp 's chairman , said the 1989 figures would be affected by management problems at the Bradford operation , troubles in the retail sector and high interest rates . |
| 19 | Glenis Porter , co-ordinator of Middlesbrough Victim Support , said the current funding was ‘ nowhere near enough ’ . |
| 20 | He said the current system which he claimed had prevented Middlesbrough council from building a single home for three years was ‘ a recipe for countless cases of personal misery . ’ |
| 21 | Dick Spelman , general manager of marketing for the Halifax , Britain 's biggest mortgage lender , said the current recession has resulted in the first post-war collapse of house prices . |
| 22 | Arthur Hearnden , general secretary of the Independent Schools Joint Council , said the current guidance is too general , leaving scope for interpretation . |
| 23 | He said the current charter still gives no clear division of responsibility between the Community and the member states . |
| 24 | He said the modern tourist demanded high standards . |
| 25 | Old Bailey Judge Neil Denison said the 38-year-old salesman would remain dangerous after his release . |
| 26 | Police said the severely-shocked horse suffered three deep wounds which needed stitches . |
| 27 | He said the Liberal Democrats had experienced a squeeze in the last few days of the campaign as the Tory message that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would open the door to Labour hit home . |
| 28 | He said the Liberal Democrats had experienced a squeeze in the last few days of the campaign as the Tory message that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would open the door to Labour hit home . |
| 29 | Peter Bergg , Liberal Democrat candidate for Darlington , said the Liberal Democrats would link pension increases to wage settlements and not to inflation . |
| 30 | Mr Bergg said the Liberal Democrates would discourage the use of cars as much as possible . |