No such thing as a free lunch, I suppose," Phoebe replied with what she privately considered a rather good-natured tone of voice.

Rinfur laughed, a good-natured tone in the sound.

In an even, good-natured tone, Ogrin talked about his troubled year.

Making his points in good-natured but forceful tones, the former law professor sometimes leaned back with arms folded.

"It was nothing that a protoplaser and a dermal regenerator couldn't fix," she said in good-natured tones.

He and two of his council colleagues peppered Mr. Zoellick with complaints and requests, in a good-natured tone.

Caber gibed in a good-natured tone of voice.

Kirk asked in a good-natured tone.

"Don't worry; we can rebuild you," Vincent says in a good-natured tone while throwing out most of Shane's wardrobe.

But," he went on in a good-natured tone, "the foreign governments cannot complain of the inefficiency of our police.