Example sentences of "[adv] say he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only say he is a man and will act like a man , given the chance . |
| 2 | Back in Argentina , Don Masson had been called in front of a hurriedly convened SFA meeting , where he changed his story , admitting that he had only said he had taken the drugs as an act of loyalty to his friend and roommate . |
| 3 | Against a background of thinking that a series should : a ) find a balance between the too general and the too specific ( in their Arnold series he would say that MacLoughlin was about right , Tarone too specific ) , and b ) be for the most part single-author monographs and only rarely , if ever , be edited collections of papers ( while recognizing that CUP has produced the occasionally successful collection ) , he suggested the following topics/authors : — universal grammar/Kevin Gregg , Japan ? — input and interaction in SLA/Jackie Schachter/Teresa Pica , Pennsylvania ? ( could be two separate volumes ) — cognitive processing and SLA/ ? — ‘ instructed ’ SLA/Patsy Lightbown ? — social factors and situations in SLA/Roger Andersen , UCLA ? — age and neurolinguistic factors/Mike Long ? ( who has apparently said he would not want to publish in his own series ) |
| 4 | Webb has constantly said he is happy to carry on at Old Trafford and fight for his place . |
| 5 | Gerd suddenly says he is hungry , and begs some food from one or more of the adventurers . |
| 6 | He wrote her a brief note merely saying he had had to go home owing to illness and had found , on his return , that he was to report forthwith to the War Office . |
| 7 | In rejecting drafts he is constantly saying he 's bored . |
| 8 | And so saying he went into the tiny village police station with its distinctive blue lamp and the lettering chiselled into the stone above the doorway which said ‘ King 's Magnum Parva Police Station ’ . |
| 9 | And so saying he threw a stick into the water . |
| 10 | So saying he set off with Rob and Tess at his heels to head for the high moor . |
| 11 | So saying he went back inside and banged his door shut behind him . |
| 12 | So saying he caught him up and without Wing |
| 13 | Furthermore , although Ritchie argues that ‘ cruelty to animals is rightly supposed to be an offence against humanitarian feeling ’ ( 1976 : 183 ) , I see no reason for concluding that by so saying he is denying that animals can be wronged , particularly given the wide measure of protection he accords them . |
| 14 | So saying he backed out into the corridor again , where Shiona caught a glimpse of the frowning faces of a couple of uniformed railway officials . |
| 15 | ‘ At first we merely said he was suffering from a virus but we feel now we should clarify exactly the position with him . |
| 16 | If she enquired , he merely said he was going walking and he did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 17 | Eileen Laughton , a former Panel member who respected him greatly said he was worried about the pressure that was likely to be put on him if he did n't toe the local authority line . |
| 18 | ‘ He only said he 'd buy me a Pepsi . |
| 19 | ‘ Did it ever occur to you that he did n't murder that other apprentice — that he only said he did , to frighten you ? ’ |
| 20 | Share salesmen , even after A-Day , have upraised their status in the eyes of clients by quotation of imaginary praise from other clients , e.g. " One of my clients is kind enough to say he 's never had a bad tip from me . " |
| 21 | He had only to say he admired Grace Bird 's fortitude and instantly her chin stiffened with resolve . |
| 22 | Dee-Dee drifted in and out , offering coffee and company , and Tremayne put his head in to say he was going to Oxford to see his tailor , and to ask if I wanted an opportunity to shop . |
| 23 | ‘ A pilot of a ten-seater has radioed in to say he 's having undercarriage problems , ’ explained the manager . |
| 24 | ‘ And suddenly , one night , after Jacqui had gone to bed , Marius suddenly said he was going to make a new will , and there was someone on holiday down there who was a solicitor — ’ |
| 25 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 26 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 27 | five hundred , five hundred I could only say he was n't , five o'clock last night he was no so he went to the one doctor , so to the erm what 's gon na happen when they when he , when they can go down the doctors that 's first of all go into this and after ten , twenty four hours doing this kind of thing for forty eight hours up . |
| 28 | Both Thresher and the Chancellor have since said he paid the Pounds 17.47 for three bottles of wine in the chain 's nearby Connaught Street branch the previous day . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not sayin' he 'as n't been a good Samaritan , but I never thought he 'd beat me black and blue just for arguin' with him . ’ |
| 30 | I said , ‘ Just say he 's a friend . |