Example sentences of "[pron] said gently " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could paint you an exact copy , ’ I said gently , ‘ if you admit that you would like it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's from Mr Heathcliff , ’ I said gently . |
| 3 | ‘ Wait a moment , ’ I said gently . |
| 4 | She spoke about it to Helen , who said gently , ‘ It 's a shame , Anne . |
| 5 | But it was the Earl who said gently , ‘ Theda , my child . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to have to come out , Colonel Feather , ’ she said gently . |
| 7 | ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things . |
| 8 | ‘ Tell me the story , ’ she said gently , and then , with a harder edge , ‘ All of it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Hambury Ironworks , ’ she said gently . |
| 10 | ‘ I think you 're doing absolutely the right thing , Mrs Lomax , ’ she said gently . |
| 11 | ‘ And you ? ’ she said gently . |
| 12 | ‘ Come on , ’ she said gently . |
| 13 | I expect she does love you in her own way , ’ she said gently . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Newman has n't come here to upset you , ’ she said gently . |
| 15 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ she said gently . |
| 16 | ‘ We are in God 's Hands , child , ’ she said gently . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm grand , son , ’ she said gently . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm very lucky , ’ she said gently . |
| 19 | ‘ Rest now , Mum , ’ she said gently . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't , Mo , ’ she said gently . |
| 21 | She said gently : ‘ Tell me what you can see , then . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There , ’ she said gently . |
| 23 | ‘ Cameron , ’ she said gently . |
| 24 | ‘ I must n't take up any more of your time , ’ she said gently . |
| 25 | ‘ Martin , ’ she said gently , ‘ it has n't been confirmed that he killed himself . ’ |
| 26 | She said gently : " Do n't be hard on us , darling . |
| 27 | ‘ I know that , ’ she said gently . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she said gently . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose your adoptive parents could n't have children , ’ she said gently . |
| 30 | ‘ But you feel that it is necessary to speak to me , ’ she said gently , wondering why this woman , whom she did not know , wished to say unpleasant things to her — but of what ? |