Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police say he had n't suffered any physical injuries . |
| 2 | Yet , faced with the necessity for resolute leadership , at this time of trial , Sir Patrick could only declare his satisfaction with the present policy and say he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 3 | she says I did n't take any more , and I have n't taken any more . |
| 4 | He says he did well last this , now he wants to win . |
| 5 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 6 | And is he saying he did n't say that ? |
| 7 | And the tyre was going down then she said I did n't do that ! |
| 8 | ‘ He wanted to know what my motive was , and I said I did n't have many , and he said that would n't wash usually , but perhaps in this case . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Here — Tom said you 'd better put this on . ’ |
| 10 | So I said ‘ Now , come off it now , you said you had n't got any bottles ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't want any senior involvement ? ’ |
| 12 | beside her , and these are twenty five , I said you did n't say that before , oh yes I did he said , I think oh well I 'm not wasting my time here arguing with you |
| 13 | ‘ You said you did n't see much of your family until recently . |
| 14 | you said you did n't have much |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't have any friends , apart from … ’ |
| 16 | Pamela said she had not done much thinking about her parents ' attitudes . |
| 17 | She said she did n't think that would be necessary . ’ |
| 18 | But course when I opened it up Robert said Carolyn wanted that back he said she bought for herself and I said she did n't say that |
| 19 | Blanche smiled and said she did not mean that , but the reference to Colombian cocaine barons and the mafia . |
| 20 | She said she did not want any fuss , that she was fine , and everyone over there has been marvellous . ’ |
| 21 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |
| 22 | Many , however , said they had never known any other way of life and therefore could not give an objective view of the attractiveness of the work . |
| 23 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 24 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 25 | Neighbours in Walford Road , Stoke Newington , said they did not hear any shooting but told of screaming and said the face of one of the men who was arrested was bloody and bruised . |
| 26 | And one in three of the women said they did not get enough respect from male superiors . |
| 27 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 28 | But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence . |
| 29 | of the people who are at the end of a said they did n't get enough . |
| 30 | The guy said it did n't do either of them any serious damage , but they had really bad headaches afterwards . |