The sergeant said the other men were still at large.

That was the first time she'd heard the sergeant say word one about either of his parents.

He could, the sergeant said, get him on the radio if it was important.

He was sure the sergeant had said that he'd been waiting for his call!

The sergeant had said it would be, but he was wrong.

The sergeant said only eight men from his 100-man company were still active.

"I think he might just be looking at the girls," the sergeant said.

"Yeah," the sergeant said without taking his eyes from the book.

What those signs were, the sergeant said, she did not know.

And my old sergeant said, if ever we got a chance to set some aside, to do it.