Example sentences of "she [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 'll be her word against ours , even if she dares to say anything , ’ one of the other men argued . |
| 2 | She planned to say nothing about her ram-raid revenge — but contacted police to confess when they appealed for witnesses . |
| 3 | She met him emerging from their tall block of apartments as she was returning from work on the Friday evening , having stopped to buy groceries on the way home , her mind flying ahead to Luke 's arrival and all that she planned to say to him now that she had made up her mind to end their affair . |
| 4 | I know she thinks says things you know she embarrasses me at times |
| 5 | She phoned to say that , having only just returned from Chester , it would be around nine before she could get over with it , and would that be all right ? |
| 6 | Does she dive straight to the point or does she circle around , feeling for what she wants to say ? |
| 7 | She wants to say hello . ’ |
| 8 | She communicates basically by using a cannon communicator which types out what she wants to say onto ticker tape which she then tears off and hands to the person to whom she wants to talk . |
| 9 | Depends what she wants to say . |
| 10 | Well , Jenny needs to give him in writing what she wants to say . |
| 11 | Miss Henrietta 's death had seemed so much more terrible and yet when she ventured to say this she was met with blank looks . |
| 12 | ‘ Will it be all right , ’ she ventured to say , ‘ if I come and look at the orchids tomorrow ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I know , ’ she tried to say . |
| 14 | I ca n't hear myself think ! ’ she tried to say , but once again the words seemed to stick in her throat and come out as a croak . |
| 15 | With difficulty she stared up again at the unreachable sky beyond the bars and wire mesh of her cage and though she tried to say more she was unable to , for her wings sagged ever more weakly and she seemed barely able to hold up her head . |
| 16 | She tried to say the accustomed words |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not — ’ she tried to say , but his mouth descended on hers again , quick and hard . |
| 18 | Her thoughts were still so full of Mo : she thought that if she tried to say anything , she would have to lie down on the bed and howl . |
| 19 | At some point she tried to say , ‘ David — ’ but his mouth was on hers again , and his long sensitive hands were sensuously caressing her , and she never wanted it to stop . |
| 20 | ‘ No … ! ’ she tried to say against that forceful mouth , but he either did n't hear , or did n't want to hear . |
| 21 | She feels she has to say something . |
| 22 | What he or she has to say is always open to comment , questioning , refutation . |
| 23 | ‘ Internally she has to say , ‘ It wo n't happen to me ’ or , ‘ It 's part of the job . ’ |
| 24 | Hear what she has to say . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Unless there is any quite remarkable news your sister has to tell , ’ Mrs Browning said , ‘ I would rather not hear what she has to say since I imagine it is a tissue of lies , of excuses and complaints . ’ |
| 26 | Note how simply Adrienne Rich says what she has to say . |
| 27 | But I think I 'll write to that parson 's wife and see what she has to say about it . ’ |
| 28 | She has to say coronations ! |
| 29 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 30 | If she starts talking about sexual matters they may jump in hastily , saying , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ without explaining why they are disturbed by what she has said . |