Example sentences of "said in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who 's going to hear , might I ask ? ’ he said in a teasing voice . |
| 2 | ‘ Heavens to Betsy ! ’ she said in a teasing manner . |
| 3 | The group instinctively rose to their feet , but John said in a firm voice , ‘ You are not taking my wife up the stairs . |
| 4 | Blagg hesitated , or perhaps was trying to remember , and Caswell said in a firm voice : ‘ The shooting was just after ten , you said . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said in a tiny voice . |
| 6 | ‘ I think , ’ she said in a tiny voice , ‘ we disposed of that smooth-talking kind of approach on the evening under discussion , after I burned my thumb . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That 's our mother , ’ Maggie said in a choked voice . |
| 8 | ‘ While you 're in my house , ’ he said in a choked voice , ‘ you 'll live by my rules . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think I can bear it , Dorothy , ’ she said in a choked voice . |
| 10 | ‘ Or moonlit ghosts , ’ she said in a choked voice , forcing a slight laugh . |
| 11 | ‘ Very well , ’ he said in a choked voice . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll have to eat together , ’ I said in a doleful tone which I knew would upset my mother as much as the vision which my remark would conjure up . |
| 13 | You do n't know what awaits you , ’ he said in a placatory tone , striding towards her . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've met so-called intelligent people before , ’ he said in a challenging way , ‘ and I know a lot of questions that can baffle them . ’ |
| 15 | She said in a gentle voice , ‘ Go now , dear Jack , see you tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Hi , Ricky , ’ he said in a deep Florida drawl . |
| 17 | James held out his hand to Stephen and said in a deep , confident voice , ‘ Good to see you , Stephen ; you look well . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Are n't you being rather melodramatic ? ’ he said in a deep , cultured voice with a deceptively lazy lilt to it . |
| 19 | He stepped forward , said in a deep , smoky voice , ‘ Miss Swift , I 'm afraid I have bad news for you . |
| 20 | ‘ Really , Sandy , you ought to knock or you never know what you 'll find , ’ he said in a plummy voice . |
| 21 | Werewolf softly whistled Mark Knopfler 's Going Home from Local Hero and did n't stop even when Jenkins walked up to him and said in a plummy voice : |
| 22 | Hitler and his wife , Eva Braun , had committed suicide , ‘ and their bodies were charred , ’ Bratina said in a 1991 interview . |
| 23 | ‘ Quigley , ’ he said in a spectral voice , ‘ repent ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It was a team job , ’ she said in a colorless voice . |
| 25 | ‘ He hides things in the boathouse , ’ Alice said in a disinterested voice . |
| 26 | Her mother looked at her vacantly for a moment , then she said in a weak voice , ‘ My poor girl . |
| 27 | ‘ Well — you never can tell , ’ she said in a weak voice , then wondered why her thoughts were moving in this direction . |
| 28 | Silas said in a dry tone , ‘ Is n't it time you made an introduction , Doreen ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We drew out the Livesey file , this afternoon , ’ Bragg said in a neutral voice . |
| 30 | She said in a neutral voice , ‘ Why do you bother with me ? ’ |