Example sentences of "[pron] say [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said at the beginning of the book that 50 per cent was documented historical fact . |
| 2 | I said at the beginning of this review that the Valvestate S80 was going to have to prove itself . |
| 3 | Nor is it yet the whole truth ; presenting the experiments in the way I have chosen , as I said at the beginning of this chapter , has been a logical way to tell a story , even if a story not yet adequately grounded in theory . |
| 4 | As I said at the beginning of this essay , the only way in which I can fulfil my interest is to work : — and so I do . |
| 5 | As I said at the top of the article , making movies — in AWI 's parlance — is so similar to making a cartoon using traditional methods that it could well be used as a training ground for animators in the traditional industry , but with a much shorter wait before the results can be seen . |
| 6 | I said at the time of Robert Maxwell 's death that he 'd left a trail of wreckage across the city . |
| 7 | Occasionally he translated what I said for the benefit of the other two . |
| 8 | ‘ Rod Stewart could have a voice like that if he smoked more , ’ I said for the sake of something to say . |
| 9 | This is the reason why I said to the managers of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955 , I will have the orchestra for my lifetime , otherwise I will not sign the contract . |
| 10 | I shall not repeat what I said to the Government of India , but it is perfectly fair to say that it was well taken . |
| 11 | I said to the Leader of the Opposition that ’ jerk ’ is not on the list of unparliamentary expressions but , bearing in mind the nature of this debate , it would help the House if he refined what he has said in the interests of good order . |
| 12 | ‘ Prentice , ’ I said off the top of my head . |
| 13 | I add a few words of my own only because of the difference of opinion between your Lordships on this question and because what I said about the availability of certiorari in my speech in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 has been interpreted to include an error of law by the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 which was not what I had intended . |
| 14 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 15 | ‘ My name 's Roy , ’ I said round the corner of the door . |
| 16 | As I said in the case of No 617 Squadron , their enormous success on the Dams raid and on some of the less spectacular sorties that they had flown , rubbed off on all 617 's sorties thereafter . |
| 17 | Having seen the devastation in that beautiful valley that has resulted from the conflict , and having seen the impact of terrorism , which I deplore both there and here , may I say to the Secretary of State that while , of course , the matter must first be decided between India and Pakistan , no settlement can be acceptable that is not acceptable to the people of Kashmir , both Muslim and Hindu ? |
| 18 | She was mysterious about herself but had plenty to say on the subject of her boyfriends . |
| 19 | Eliot 's Bough was The Golden Bough which had plenty to say about the rebirth of gods accompanying vegetation . |
| 20 | The staying power having endurance again you say with the feeling of the mind as well as the , the body . |
| 21 | So what you say about the rights of fathers is also about who is the ‘ real ’ father — the biological father or the man who cares for the child ? |
| 22 | And If what you say about the state of his finances is true then he 'd have every reason for faking his death to escape the music . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've wondered about the implications of the placing of the head in the font , ’ Theodora said thoughtfully , ‘ and what you say about the possibility of its being a symbolic gesture . |
| 24 | It 's grown into a different shape over the years , ’ she says of the abundance of jugs , pebbles , paintings ( almost all done by members of the family ) , china , and even animal skulls , which jostle each other to form displays everywhere you look . |
| 25 | it 's an old , old house but she says at the top of the house |
| 26 | The British attitude had long been clear : the 1951 Conservative government had continued to follow the line laid down by the previous Labour foreign minister , Ernest Bevin , who said in the House of Commons in November 1950 that Britain preferred an expansion of the Treaty of Brussels to serve as the basis of military cooperation within NATO , but would not object to the EDC were it to be established . |
| 27 | I read somebody once who said by the end of the short story , something had to have changed . |
| 28 | ‘ The quadrille , ’ she said into the face of Sarah 's bewilderment . |
| 29 | And I could n't remember whether she said at the end of the three months or |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll show you , you old bag , ’ she said to the back of the Range Rover . |