Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [verb] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to know exactly what the company were aiming at or were attempting to say , but after a couple of scenes the audience found itself tussling with one question only . |
| 2 | and were asked to say which word of each pair was masculine and which was feminine . |
| 3 | I remember in my early months , often being cornered by the other choir boys after service or practice and being asked to say the collect for the week , which we always had to learn for Sunday school . |
| 4 | At last , someone in the game who can see beyond the hype and is wiiling to say so . |
| 5 | By 19 November he had the whole amount , 30 francs , from Theo , and was writing to say how kind and humane it was of him to let him have the ticket money . |
| 6 | He wound up the interview and was rising to say goodbye when Catherine , sounding shy , asked Peter Yeo if she could possibly use their ladies ' room . |
| 7 | He was no Johnny ) glowered with disbelief , his open mouth making him look even more stupid , and was heard to say : |
| 8 | He then pointed to his helmet and was heard to say ‘ If it was n't for that I 'd be dead . ’ |
| 9 | Then he , too , frowned and was beginning to say something when suddenly there was one sharp whimper and , although Sophie did her best , Sandy was dead in a few minutes . |