Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E did n't say , but 'e wo n't want you nosin' around 'is room-'ere , come back 'ere . ’ |
| 2 | Maxim half turned away then decided he 'd better say his piece anyway . |
| 3 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 4 | He looked at her face , but he did not say anything , except , ‘ Get those pails into the dairy now . |
| 5 | He did not say who ‘ they ’ were . |
| 6 | He did not say much when they met and it was always muffled by the lapels of his coat . |
| 7 | He did not say , ‘ Actually — I 'm a breast man myself ! ’ |
| 8 | Significantly , perhaps , he did not say what he would do if the scheme was rejected on economic grounds . |
| 9 | He did not say . |
| 10 | But he did not say it . |
| 11 | He said , as all drivers say , that when he ceased to enjoy racing , he would stop ; he did not say that he had stopped enjoying it , it was simply evident . |
| 12 | He did not say , ‘ ’ You shall not be tempest-tossed , You shall not be work-weary , you shall not be discomforted . ’ |
| 13 | He did not say much but agreed that he had had queer thoughts ad wondered whether they really were due to normal depression or the influence of the discovery . |
| 14 | What the cracks were like and how they got there he did not say , but he did show that , if they existed , which was not unreasonable , they would account for the weakness of ordinary glass . |
| 15 | If Dean had a motive for doing it he did not say what it was . |
| 16 | Although he did not say so it was evident that he still regarded the Collector 's condition as serious ; the one hopeful sign was that his pulse had become fuller and less frequent . |
| 17 | He did not say , but looked , that the sight of it made him feel sick . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course , he did not say that and he would deny it if I accused him of it , but … my father … your brother the Earl . ’ |
| 19 | He did not say it loudly and she was not sure she had heard right so she continued . |
| 20 | He did not say what he wanted . |
| 21 | Jehan did not think that the subterfuge required in order to arrange an assassination was quite Artai 's style , but he did not say so . |
| 22 | He did not say that he hoped Floy and Snodgrass were all right , because he did not think he had to say it . |
| 23 | He thought , privately , that they might be very glad of the horses , because they might find that they came out of the Workshops much faster than they went in , but he did not say this . |
| 24 | He did not say this as if he was asking Caspar as if six Humans might be possible or even negotiable . |
| 25 | Although he did not say so , the logic is that only the company itself would have a cause of action . |
| 26 | He did not say whether they had been involved in any of the English advice or whether they were advising on the valuations as going concerns as bus stations or advising on the development values . |
| 27 | He did not say whether two sets of values had arisen in the English context . |
| 28 | But he did not say anything — what could he say ? |
| 29 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 30 | He did not say that a week ago the boy had been standing under the monkey-puzzle in the middle of the night , looking up at the windows of the house . |