Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | do n't hit yourself on the head , it 'll hurt , shall I make you say Robert |
| 2 | Slightly shocked , I hear myself say , ‘ No ’ . |
| 3 | ( I hear myself say this and cringe . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on now , ’ I hear myself say , ‘ Let's clean you up . |
| 5 | Well , it 's better than no job at all som I hear them say . |
| 6 | I hear him say , ‘ No treasure here , George . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Quite frankly , ’ Laura continued , ‘ if I hear her say , ‘ I really do n't know why you ca n't keep the twins quiet , ’ in that scathing upper-class voice of hers just once more I swear I 'm going to hit the old bat ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We are expecting nobody , ’ I hear someone say , but the silhouette at the door , like an exclamation mark at the end of a command , demands attention . |
| 9 | Over the top , I hear you say , and so it is — splendidly over the top and a moment that will remind you , adrift in the endless hours of pseudo-realism , that the screen does after all have transformative powers . |
| 10 | ‘ But I do n't eat anywhere near that amount of fat in a day , ’ I hear you say , and of course in the form of butter or pure fat , no doubt you do n't . |
| 11 | Stop now , I hear you say , politics is rising its head . |
| 12 | Oh no , I hear you say . |
| 13 | What is the best way of going forward ? — Ideas from within I hear you say ! |
| 14 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 15 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 16 | ‘ Wind down the window ’ , I hear you say . |
| 17 | How can we do this I hear you say . |
| 18 | Ah , I hear you say , that lucky chap lives in the countryside . |
| 19 | I heard them say so . ’ |
| 20 | I heard them say that she had been brought to hospital because her belly was still full of urine . ’ |
| 21 | Dickie said , ‘ When I heard them say it was St Benedict 's Hospital I thought it must be for Mr Leland , so I called him . |
| 22 | They pulled us apart and I heard them say , ‘ What a wicked girl ! |
| 23 | I heard them say they had sent for you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Tell Mr. McCloy it 's no dice , ’ I heard him say and it was then I said had he got a match ? |
| 25 | My heart sank ( again , not literally ! ) as I heard him say , ‘ Right then , I 'm sure you 'll work with Brian today , wo n't you David ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm just asking you to think about it , ’ I heard him say in a calm voice . |
| 27 | I heard him say at one gathering that there were certain things he thought ought to be done , and he was going to do them , whether people followed him or not . |
| 28 | ‘ May God rest your soul , Mother , ’ I heard him say to himself at last . |
| 29 | I heard him say to Dad how sorry he was about Sister Hannah and how he 'd have liked to have seen her before she was screwed down . |
| 30 | ‘ Well love , ’ I heard him say . |