Example sentences of "[vb past] to say [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people ventured to say that Suor Eusebia was one of them , but as everybody had such a very high regard for her they did not pursue the matter further . |
| 2 | He tried to say that Labour would not negotiate . |
| 3 | Paisley had to be in Ulster that day , but Kevin McNamara , MP for Kingston-upon-Hull , realised that the Black issue was being avoided and intervened to say that MPs were concerned about the serious allegations which had been made . |
| 4 | The next step was selection for the World Cup squad : ‘ Actually , I was lying in bed with ‘ flu on the Sunday morning of a squad session from which I had called off when Bill Hogg , the SRU secretary , telephoned to say that Iain Milne had been forced to withdraw . |
| 5 | When Captain John and Old George returned to say that Miles wished to have no more war , and would return the Nez Perce to the reservation , Joseph became convinced that he was now being asked to negotiate not a surrender , but a peace . |
| 6 | PC Sparkes was a little more concerned when Dave Titcombe returned to say that Rhoda had not shown up at her sister 's at Eastleech . |
| 7 | ‘ I only rang to say that Mildred ca n't . ’ |
| 8 | John had advised him to transfer from Rome airport to the railway station to avoid a five hour wait at Rome , but oh ! no ! big boots insisted on flying , although the late flight from Rome is notorious — and , of course , just after John had left for Naples airport , having to do quite a lot of the journey on foot , as late evening buses stop at a given time on Public Holidays , rang to say that Alitalia was alleging weather problems at Naples and so the passengers would be transferred by coach arriving at 2am . |
| 9 | She must have misunderstood Tracey last night when he rang to say that Sykes had been taken away . |
| 10 | She was ready and waiting when Reception rang to say that Mr Gajdusek was there . |
| 11 | But the BBC was confused last night over Birt 's comments to a Sunday Times journalist in America , in which he appeared to say that Eldorado would not survive under his tenure as director general . |
| 12 | I wanted to say that women , since they uttered human beings , had no need to make a noise , that all the bluster of music was a sad cry because the world was unevenly divided , but I could n't think of how to put it . |