Example sentences of "voice at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hello , who 's that ? ’ said Alan 's voice at the other end of the line . |
| 2 | The voice at the other end may be sullen , bored and indifferent or else cheerily superficial , but do n't let that put you off . |
| 3 | Robert Courtney Edwin Robertson writes : Whenever I answered the telephone in the fifties and sixties and heard the anxious voice at the other end saying ‘ Here is Hartvell ’ ( he never quite managed that English ‘ W ’ ) , I knew that either my deadline for an article was passed or he had some exciting new book for me to review . |
| 4 | Robert Courtney Edwin Robertson writes : Whenever I answered the telephone in the fifties and sixties and heard the anxious voice at the other end saying ‘ Here is Hartvell ’ ( he never quite managed that English ‘ W ’ ) , I knew that either my deadline for an article was passed or he had some exciting new book for me to review . |
| 5 | The voice at the other end was slightly husky but very clear . |
| 6 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 7 | The voice at the other end warmed . |
| 8 | A voice at the other end said wearily in a faintly Irish accent . |
| 9 | ‘ Hullo , ’ said a voice at the other end , ‘ the Poisons Unit . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 11 | A crisp , no-nonsense voice at the other end announces ‘ But Out ! ’ |
| 12 | There was no mistaking the deep voice at the other end . |
| 13 | ‘ Not so bloody happy here ! ’ retorted Tom 's furious voice at the other end . |
| 14 | D'Arcy punched the intercom button and introduced himself to the disembodied Oriental voice at the other end . |
| 15 | Constance asked timidly when she heard the voice at the other end . |
| 16 | The line was watery , and the voice at the other end pained and raw , but it was unmistakably Judith . |
| 17 | The voice at the other end of the line obliged and Donna pressed down on the cradle to sever the connection before ringing the new number . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , ’ the voice at the other end said . |
| 19 | ‘ Farrell , ’ the voice at the other end said . |
| 20 | The voice at the other end was oddly hesitant , |
| 21 | He fell silent while the voice at the other end said something . |
| 22 | The voice at the other end was light , gentle , diffident . |
| 23 | ‘ Police , miss , ’ said a businesslike male voice at the other end . |
| 24 | ‘ Skraw-aak ! ’ screamed a voice at the other end . |
| 25 | ‘ Tite , ’ says the voice at the other end . |
| 26 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 27 | The voice at the other end of the phone sounded sleepily confused , and Rory grinned . |
| 28 | ‘ The number you have dialled no longer exists , ’ intoned a resultant voice at the other end . |