Example sentences of "say at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I prefer it on this side of the sea , ’ I say at last , and I mean it , though I ca n't quite remember which sea I 'm talking about . |
| 2 | He finds it difficult to describe his feelings and says at first ‘ I just walked out . ’ |
| 3 | He says at first they were friendly , now they 're not . |
| 4 | Jim Wagstaffe says at first he was shocked … and then delighted by the news that his wife was expecting . |
| 5 | ‘ It was horrible , ’ she says at last . |
| 6 | ‘ I see what you mean , ’ he says at last . |
| 7 | That particular ghost was said at first , because she 'd lived in a hulking great castle with fields and forests and things , and when she saw it again it was a council estate and , as I said , a supermarket . |
| 8 | " My sons told me you lost your wife in a swimming accident four years ago , Monsieur Devraux , " she had said at last , speaking quietly in French . |
| 9 | I could n't hear what he was saying at first , then I got bits of it . |
| 10 | Secondly were Mrs White 's brother and sister-in-law who were reported earlier as saying at second interview that they thought she should remain at home ‘ if things keep as they 're going now , and she gets the services she 's getting ’ . |
| 11 | However , as stated above , nine out of the 11 in the action sample who said at second interview that they continued to prefer home care gave much more unequivocal answers ; stating not merely that they would not like the dementia sufferer to be in institutional care , or that they would feel guilty about him or her going into residential care ( as did the carers of Miss Wainwright and Mrs Nolan ) , but also that home was where they envisaged and wanted the sufferer to remain . |
| 12 | ‘ They found this girl … ’ was all she said at first . |
| 13 | Among our samples , for instance , 79 per cent of the spouses said at first interview that they wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home , compared with 36 per cent of the non-spouses . |
| 14 | American Airlines spokesman Ian Burns said at first the service was a tremendous success , but the winter passenger numbers were less than expected . |
| 15 | Inspector Mick Barry , of Witham police , said at first officers thought the two older youths may have led the nine-year-old on but it turned out he played a full part in all the crimes . |
| 16 | I was in bed for a week with concussion and the doctor said at first he thought I 'd got a broken pelvis . |
| 17 | I think you need something on the other panel , above the oculist charts , he said at last . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , madam , ’ he said at last , ‘ I am granting that his conducting of himself is not what might be expected . |
| 19 | He said at last , ‘ So what plan has come out of all this buzzing and swarming ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What am I doing here , ’ he said at last , ‘ between two old scolds ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wonder if they will take orders once they have red coats on , ’ he said at last . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm awake , ’ she said at last in a voice strained with hurt . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll tell you about my father , ’ she said at last . |
| 24 | ‘ The hundred quid and his pay packet , ’ Cullam said at last . |
| 25 | ‘ Liam Shakespeare 's not in that house in London , ’ she said at last , in a small , level voice . |
| 26 | ‘ All right , ’ he said at last . |
| 27 | ‘ Here he is ! ’ she said at last . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , ’ he said at last , ‘ the point is , I 'd like to be your friend . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , Frankie , ’ she said at last . |
| 30 | George Aspinall said at last , wiping his mouth . |