Example sentences of "say to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their range includes an Anti-Blemish cover-up cream — because , despite what they might say to the contrary , boys like to hide their spots , too ! |
| 2 | Most Nonconformists were genuinely distressed at the changing character of the Established Church ; whatever they might say to the contrary , they lived in the shadow of ‘ the establishment ’ and continued to feel a certain proprietary if illogical interest in the Church . |
| 3 | In other words , the energy release could be determined exactly , whatever Heisenberg might say to the contrary . |
| 4 | What did the hat say to the scarf ? |
| 5 | What did the hat say to the scarf ? |
| 6 | What did the hat say to the scarf ? |
| 7 | WHAT would you say to the chance of winning a top of the range portable TV with remote control and Champion Sport Vouchers worth £20 each ? |
| 8 | can say to the individual , This training course is gon na help you do your job better in this , this |
| 9 | So therefore Mr Deputy Speaker in conclusion , what I 'd say to the minister is , number one do we really need this order at all ? because why should we have extra seats just because Germany are getting more . |
| 10 | Could I say to the minister and bring him back to the real world about regeneration . |
| 11 | But could I say to the minister that she will be aware that the South Thames tech actually is the first tech to get involved in kids club network and that one of the very useful things that has happened in my constituency is the setting up the first kids after school club in in in Vauxhall . |
| 12 | We 're never going to er say to the child ‘ right , something must be done , we 're going to do something ’ , it , it 's not like that at all ; the pace is wholly by the child themselves . |
| 13 | What do you all say to the idea ? ’ |
| 14 | What did God say to the man in the Parable of the Rich Man with the Barns ? |
| 15 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 16 | We could specify what words the student will say to the patient and even at what point she is to smile . |
| 17 | Having seen the devastation in that beautiful valley that has resulted from the conflict , and having seen the impact of terrorism , which I deplore both there and here , may I say to the Secretary of State that while , of course , the matter must first be decided between India and Pakistan , no settlement can be acceptable that is not acceptable to the people of Kashmir , both Muslim and Hindu ? |
| 18 | You can say to the secretary . |
| 19 | The minister could never say to the board , ‘ right , now you have a logical remit , go away and fulfil it and so long as your rate of return is what it ought to be , we will not interfere ’ ( SCNI 1968 : 431 , 434–6 ) . |
| 20 | A master printer need only say to the artist , ‘ We need more yellow ’ , to qualify for ownership rights to any reproduction of the image that has emerged under his hand . |
| 21 | Probably if you 're having a new home built or something like that you may not have to recourse to those because while you 're having , you 're having your home built you can say to the electrician , alright I want X number of power points here . |
| 22 | And er it was , it was acceptable by our members in general , that we were achieving the aims and objective of the basis of the whole incentive scheme you know , notwithstanding a lot of other things that was accompanied by , because we could we could then say to the management on most occasions , well we could do with something here that would help health and safety . |
| 23 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |
| 24 | ‘ We must say to the public , ‘ you can not leave us without moral guidance on this . |
| 25 | To simply say to the public we are going to spend a million pound on traffic calming is downright irresponsible and this . |
| 26 | And , quite frankly , I think that that women these days have very little time in which to indulge themselves in their own hobbies and interests , and I think women should stand up and say to the government , no you will not inflict this responsibility upon us ! |
| 27 | Detective could you just say to the jury what a field intelligence officer is ? |
| 28 | What would you say to the criticism that by opening up new routes you simply add to the problem of over capacity , and so there 's less money for everyone ? |
| 29 | I 'm I 'm a little unclear exactly how much footloose allocation remains in Selby , I I er think I understand it to be quite small , taking account of , but I would simply say to the panel Leeds ' concern is that we should not be a counter focus in that corridor , which er most most greatly bear on our attempts to regenerate our inner areas and use our our many brown field sites . |
| 30 | We may say to the diviner ‘ You mean ’ you have learnt that when you have a certain feeling of strain in your hands , then water is usually to be found so many feet under the ground ? ’ |