SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	say [prep] the [noun sg]	2002
2	said [prep] the [noun]	977
3	say to the [noun]	529
4	said [prep] the [noun]	440
5	say in the [noun]	420
6	say about the [noun]	375
7	say at the [noun]	286
8	say [prep] the [noun pl]	284
9	to say [prep] the [noun]	250
10	say [prep] the [noun]	224
11	say on the [noun]	218
12	say [prep] the [noun]	200
13	says [prep] the [noun]	199
14	say of the [noun]	179
15	saying [prep] the [noun]	136
16	say [prep] the [noun prp]	118
17	say [prep] the time	87
18	say [prep] the time	83
19	say after the [noun]	74
20	say for the [noun]	68
21	say by the [noun]	60
22	say from the [noun]	55
23	say [prep] the end	52
24	say [prep] the end	52
25	say [prep] the beginning	43
26	say [prep] the beginning	43
27	say [prep] the phone	35
28	say [prep] the phone	35
29	say [prep] the subject	31
30	say [prep] the subject	31