Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 2 | You must have heard me say them . |
| 3 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |
| 4 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |
| 5 | Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending . |
| 6 | I was a bit disappointed to hear this , I 'd have loved to have heard him say ( on a channel largely watched by scum ) ‘ I only ever wanted to play for Leeds ’ . |
| 7 | And when they were espoused the King did them great honour , and gave them many noble gifts , and added to Rodrigo 's lands more than he had till then possessed : and he loved him greatly in his heart , because he saw that he was obedient to his commands , and for all that he had heard him say . |
| 8 | Claudia opened her eyes wide , unable to believe she had heard him say ‘ our wedding ’ . |
| 9 | Much later , searching my memory , I thought I had heard it say in deep and melancholy tones , ‘ Here , fellow outcast from society , if thou canst survive this night , draw strength from one who did not ! ’ |
| 10 | She wants a family ; I 've heard her say so , and she 'll have a family , and I hope it 's a big one , ten , twelve … |
| 11 | Cos , we 've heard her say it but I ca n't think how she can be . |
| 12 | And , that again , might be me but many of you when you 've heard me say it in a service I 've ended up with my asking at the end of a sermon asking the congregation to smile . |
| 13 | I 've heard them say if the owners gave them their fare home from Lowestoft to Darsham , that 's all they had . |
| 14 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 15 | Yes er what what er the pitch I think in fact I 've heard them say this er because I 've been out with two of the top fliers up here |
| 16 | I 've heard him say how he went to sea and he done two voyages . |
| 17 | and I 've heard him say oh can I go and play with such a boy , he said he likes going to Kirsty , Kirsty and Hannah and Kirsty and Graham he 's quite fond of them too and Adam |
| 18 | I 've heard him say Deana and Stacey |
| 19 | Cos I 've heard him say , Thee . |
| 20 | Auntie Lou said , louder than before and in a voice that shook with boldness , ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you say it , Samuel . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've heard you say it often enough , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The same officer who had let him say goodbye to his friend Boris , but she did n't tell him that . |
| 23 | People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’ |
| 24 | But you 've made me say things much better left unsaid . |
| 25 | What on earth had made him say that ? |
| 26 | Was it just entrepreneur 's hype that had made him say ‘ do n't want to ’ rather than ‘ ca n't ’ ? |
| 27 | If you make the same mistake , er , you have to buy another set , and I double the price for people who have heard me say do n't do this , er , and lie low , you know in the first three months , because I believe in penalising stupidity . |
| 28 | ‘ I have heard him say something similar . |
| 29 | But erm , the Chief Constable himself , and I have heard him say this , has no confidence that the paperwork will be reduced and that any er , more constables will be seen on the beat . |
| 30 | Yeah sort of thing , so I have heard you say only three is that the number of posts they put in ? |