Example sentences of "said the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All the treasure houses , ’ said the small man . |
| 2 | ‘ Not in this weather , Major , ’ said the curly-haired man . |
| 3 | ‘ And I am Lio ! rt Dragonlord , ’ said the hanging man , pronouncing the word with the harsh click in the back of the throat that Rincewind could only think of as a kind of integral punctuation . |
| 4 | ’ We prefer not to reveal that , ’ said the Ardakkean man next to her . |
| 5 | Maybe about 1,000–1 , ’ said the only man who can pull off the improbable four-timer this year . |
| 6 | Turn the lights out and stand back from the door ! ’ said the bearded man . |
| 7 | ‘ Krieg ist Krieg , ’ said the other man . |
| 8 | ‘ Raffo , ’ said the other man . |
| 9 | ‘ Raffo , ’ said the other man . |
| 10 | ‘ And a big hotel , ’ said the other man . |
| 11 | ‘ There does n't have to be a reason , ’ said the other man . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh fine , jist fine , ’ said the other man . |
| 13 | ‘ Progress is not at your discretion , George , ’ said the other man . |
| 14 | ‘ You know you have no father or mother , ’ said the first man , ‘ and that you have been brought up with other orphans ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ said the first man . |
| 16 | ‘ You have been a help to us and now we are done with you , ’ said the first man , smiling up at him . |
| 17 | ‘ They can hit all sorts of things on their way downriver , ’ said the first man , looking at his friend chidingly . |
| 18 | He said the two men attacked him with a tyre lever , hammer and a craft knife . |
| 19 | A spokesman for the town 's police said the two men , who are not being named , had both been charged with threatening behaviour and possessing offensive weapons . |
| 20 | Detective Sergeant Mick Ornellus , of Clacton CID , said the two men either offered or already had carried out a number of jobs for her and tricked her into parting with the money . |
| 21 | Sarah Leigh , prosecuting , said the two men were in a car which drove into the rear of a parked car in Reaper Close , Great Sankey . |
| 22 | He said the two men had been involved in an argument in a pub earlier in the evening . |
| 23 | Rodney Jameson , prosecuting , said the two men were living in a house in Crescent Road , Middlesbrough , which was owned by a woman who had rented the television set and video recorder . |
| 24 | Duncan Smith , prosecuting , said the two men were unhappy with the business deal and went to Mr Hawthorne 's home with a crowbar and a handgun . |
| 25 | Dr Allan said the two men were bearing up well and were in better condition than had been expected after making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic landmass . |
| 26 | Witnesses in Berridale Avenue in Baillieston , where the attack happened said the two men , both wearing balaclavas , hurled the flaming bottles through one of the van 's windows . |
| 27 | Witnesses in Berridale Avenue , Baillieston , where the attack happened , said the two men , who were both wearing balaclavas , hurled the flaming bottles through one of the van 's windows , giving the two occupants only seconds to get out before it was engulfed . |
| 28 | Witnesses in Berridale Avenue in Baillieston , where the attack took place , said the two men , both wearing balaclavas , hurled flaming bottles through one of the van 's windows . |
| 29 | Bill , a former RAF operator , said the two men have could not be more different . |
| 30 | ‘ If what this girl says is true , you 'll find proof of their guilt in the car , sergeant , ’ said the stout man who had been talking to the keeper . |