Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb base] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It took quite a while to stitch me up , but everything 's all right now , although they say I 've lost a lot of blood from the placental bleed . ’ |
| 2 | If anyone takes the mickey I turn round and say I 've got a daughter . " |
| 3 | When you say I 've got a pet , whatever . |
| 4 | You say I 've got a tape recorder here . |
| 5 | ‘ What if I say I want to stay a while longer ? ’ she asked teasingly . |
| 6 | Erm say you 've got a stone on top a cliff . |
| 7 | I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well . |
| 8 | Say you 've got a report about a small red car , and you want to compare it with all the other small red cars that have been reported in the area . |
| 9 | Everybody seems to give a different answer , some say ‘ yes , ’ some say , ‘ no ’ and some say you have to get a licence . |
| 10 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
| 11 | And unfortunately second half it did n't come right but as I say we 've got a point out of it so we still you know , kept ourselves unbeaten for a game or two , so we 've just got to try keep it going and take it from there . |
| 12 | But Charlton was quick to squash any suggestion his players overstep the mark physically , countering : ‘ I do n't think anyone in the world can point the finger at us and say we 've started a war on a football field . ’ |
| 13 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
| 14 | N H S they will re transfer your name to Bupa and Bupa will write to you and say they 've got a bed if you 'd like to have it . |
| 15 | Or as Mr Major said during an election television interview : ‘ Labour say they 've got a recovery package of £1 billion . |
| 16 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 17 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 18 | Considering the success of Flexible Friends , its a bit strange that Wild Country say they need to develop a twin wire camming device . |
| 19 | All the members of the Forum say they want to avoid a split at this month 's conference ; but most now reckon a split is unavoidable . |
| 20 | San Diego-based Brooktree Corp and TRW Inc 's LSI Products Inc say they have reached a settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Brooktree in 1991 , and that terms of the agreement are favourable to both parties ; the settlement marks the end of all Brooktree 's current patent litigation . |
| 21 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 22 | MOLECULAR biologists in Australia say they have designed a range of new molecules effective in the initial step of destroying the activity of viruses . |
| 23 | They say they have found a link between eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and pictures of slimline models . |