Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't make me say that ! |
| 2 | Well what , what sort of made me say that was because er across the crevy well at least all these travel ones are |
| 3 | ‘ Why d' you say that ? ’ |
| 4 | But let me say that 's not my intention . |
| 5 | The quality of our clients perhaps could be improved , we do n't have very many large plc clients here in Manchester , the competition , er P W's and K P N G have a better or bigger let me say that , bigger er P L C client base than than we do . |
| 6 | which I shall not attempt to conceal from you , but before I come down to the details let me say that Darwinism occupies such a central position in evolutionary biology — in biology as a whole , not just in evolutionary biology but in the whole of biology — that any important , new idea in biology has to be , to some extent , judged by its compatibility with , or its contradictions of , the Darwinian position . |
| 7 | What on earth had made him say that ? |
| 8 | Let us say that , although not trapped in a fight for survival , we are all still caught up in the ordinary competitiveness of business , social gamesmanship , and marriage . |
| 9 | ‘ I was terribly proud to hear them say that ’ . |
| 10 | The French habit of raising the last syllable of a sentence an octave higher made the flow of her speech sound like the indignant cackling of a hen : ‘ I 'm shocked to hear you say that ! |
| 11 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear you say that , Vic . |
| 13 | ‘ My uncle would be delighted to hear you say that . |
| 14 | ‘ , Oh , Maura , you do n't know how much I wanted to hear you say that . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'd be pleased to hear you say that . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't believe how happy I am to hear you say that . |
| 17 | ‘ I wanted to hear you say that . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll never know how I 've longed to hear you say that ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't know how glad I am to hear you say that . ’ |
| 20 | How marvellous it was to hear him say that . |
| 21 | I 'm sure they 'll be pleased to hear him say that ! |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't ever let me hear you say that again . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't let him hear you say that either , sir . |
| 25 | ‘ Should n't let Uncle Albert hear you say that . ’ |
| 26 | I did n't hear you say that . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't let him hear you say that , ’ she said , ‘ or he 'll get his guns out and demonstrate the ‘ Border spin ’ and the ‘ Road Agent 's shift ’ . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't let Luigi hear you say that ; he 'll be very disappointed . |
| 29 | I 've never heard him say that before . |
| 30 | It was perhaps the small electric heater in my bedroom which made him say that . |