Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Estrangement from JM almost complete , ’ Vaughan wrote in his journal , ‘ scarcely ever meet — only amicable , rather strained pleasantries to say to each other . |
| 2 | Hardly the most appropriate thing to say when he was helping her , but she had to say something , anything , to hide her flustered response to being this close to him . |
| 3 | Mussolini took advantage of these largely theoretical impositions to say that the League 's intention was to destroy the Italian economy and , surprising as it may seem today , the people of Italy reinforced what proved to be his growing megalomania by demonstrating , when inspired to do so by the press , that they were ready to make any sacrifices that might be asked of them . |
| 4 | The result of the next election , due within 12 months , is a toss-up , though it is not conventional wisdom to say so . |
| 5 | Because I can not distinguish one from the other it must be a physically identical statement to say that I have a particle " there " and an identical particle " here " . |
| 6 | Undoubtedly there were men who made substantial fortunes , but there is not sufficient evidence to say whether they were exceptional merely in the scale of their gains or because they contrived to prosper when others failed . |
| 7 | It was a totally inappropriate thing to say , but she was a visitor , and the first since he had been staying at Fern Cottage on his own . |
| 8 | I should also be under continuing pressure to say that a Committee was considering a particular subject ( and often it would be a GEN group ) ; and there would be questions about when Committees were meeting , the work they were doing , whether particular Ministers are on them , the details of under-pinning Official Committees , etc . |
| 9 | It is reflected in attitudes such as " I do n't want to listen to you because I have more important things to say " ; or " I 'm not interested in you because you ca n't help me " ; or " My way is always right , you have to understand " . |
| 10 | Erm , maybe that would be the more fair thing to say at the end of the day . |
| 11 | It may also help if you have an exercise obsession , as Marilyn Lawrence , in my opinion , has the most useful things to say on this subject , too . |
| 12 | Some of them think of the most stupid thing to say do n't they ? |
| 13 | I ca n't really ring up British Coal to say what about wooden , Woodstow my friends . |
| 14 | ‘ One of the most important things to say about Welton Ambassador is that he is the result of the union of two great eventing families . ’ |
| 15 | In that sense , the most important thing to say about this British election , and all the other electoral carnivals taking place in the developed world this year , is that they are frivolous evasions of the threat that is now menacing all of mankind . |
| 16 | A most precarious operation to say the least . ’ |
| 17 | It is also a fairly obvious statement to say that historic pubs have served the function well for hundreds of years . |
| 18 | But that 's not the point , if Terry said something really stupid I would say ‘ Terry , that was a really stupid thing to say ’ , but if he said ‘ Hello Mark how y'doing ? ’ |
| 19 | That 's a really wicked thing to say , he went , no it 's not it 's bad , it 's not wicked . |
| 20 | It was a really insensitive thing to say . |
| 21 | ‘ When I used to watch Bros on the telly and they said they loved their fans , I used to think it was a really naff thing to say . |
| 22 | At the time it seemed it was a fabulously intelligent thing to say . ’ |
| 23 | And he had some typically cryptic things to say about F1 as he bade it goodbye . |
| 24 | He laughed as though that was a particularly witty thing to say . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's a particularly nasty thing to say , but maybe I should have expected it of you . ’ |
| 26 | Perhaps ‘ Thank you ’ and ‘ Sorry ’ , so easy to say to a stranger , are two of the most difficult words to say to our nearest and dearest . |
| 27 | I would say : if you want to talk of my thinking it in such circumstances then the least misleading thing to say is that I think it in saying it . |
| 28 | Apart from the entries , there are fascinating and often amusing essays on the Fortnum Collection ( fundamental reading for anyone interested in the collecting of small bronzes ) , ‘ Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art ’ , the architectural and sculptural decoration of the University Galleries and the Taylor Institute , ‘ Chantrey , Westmacott , and the casts after the Antique ’ ( this with some rather damning things to say about the standards of curatorship in the past ) , and the Brocklebank Bronzes and Gilbert 's ‘ Circe ’ . |
| 29 | And was n't that the completely wrong thing to say ? " |
| 30 | Cicely put on a cheerful expression and tactfully , as though thinking to leave the newly engaged couple to say goodnight in private , she smiled , ‘ If you 'll excuse us , Leith , Guthrie and I always go and check on the horses before we go up to bed . |