Example sentences of "says it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wilde apocrypha contains a joke which says it all — or a fair part of it . |
| 2 | The balloon says it all : lager has less than 50 per cent of the British beer market yet the brewers spend two-thirds of their advertising money on it . |
| 3 | It says it all . |
| 4 | NO HOLDS BARRED The title says it all . |
| 5 | Colin gave that smile of familiarity , that smile of superiority , that certain smile that says it all . |
| 6 | Paul Downton has just failed to reach a snick by Larry Gomes off Derek Pringle , and the response of Botham and Gower says it all . |
| 7 | This country is in a mess , and that says it all , ’ said one of three petty officers from the anti-submarine vessel Red Crimea . |
| 8 | THE TITLE says it all : the ‘ stolen continents ’ were the lands in North , Central and South America where gentle loving souls lived in some sort of earthly paradise , happily harvesting luxuriant crops and enjoying a stable regime with only ‘ low-key ’ wars . |
| 9 | The inaction shifts from Alaska to Berlin , and the soundtrack — derivative of Moanie Joni Mitchell in her ‘ Blue ’ period — says it all . |
| 10 | Happy couples can take a long walk , without a word spoken , for the quality of silence says it all . |
| 11 | I need say no more : Schorr says it all far better . |
| 12 | The smile says it all ! . |
| 13 | When the name says it all |
| 14 | Their well-thumbed , much-handled appearance says it all . |
| 15 | Solly 's account of the crucial pitch on that cold April day says it all : |
| 16 | One particular passage , ‘ wonderful silver ship driving through air at 75 miles an hour towards Bermuda ’ , perhaps says it all . |
| 17 | ‘ Secrets of Making Love to the Same Person Forever ’ — the title says it all really . |
| 18 | SUPERPOP : The magazine 's logo says it all . |
| 19 | That diary says it all . |
| 20 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |
| 21 | I guess that says it all really . |
| 22 | In a PR booklet published at £15.00 ( but given free to opinion makers and decision takers ) called ‘ Sunshine Miners ’ the Surface Miners Prayer says it all , ‘ Lord , remind the man who would move a mountain to remove the small stones of public opinion first … |
| 23 | An expression of satisfaction on his weather-beaten face says it all . |
| 24 | That final point says it all . |
| 25 | Congress , President , public utilities , the name says it all . |
| 26 | Failing that , handing it back says it all . ’ |
| 27 | That says it all . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 29 | For those of you who remember for his sporting club interests , this picture says it all ! |
| 30 | Family 's Open Day — the picture that says it all . |