 The speaker would not be using a sentence, in this case, but rather she would be mentioning what she has heard the weatherman say before.Taking on the pretense of an oblivious weatherman and saying, “What lovely weather it is!” when it is storming and dark outside is making mention of a phrase previously said by weathermen and expressing contempt toward it.One of Clark's better-known studies was on how to make requests that overcome an obstacle to compliance.