Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to pick it up , she said oh that 's good , as I say I had a brilliant interview when the other members of staff come Steve and erm , I forget what the girl 's name was , but she 's already had a |
| 2 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
| 3 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
| 4 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 5 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 6 | Police say they smashed a major crime ring . |
| 7 | Customs and Excise officers say they intercepted a Dutch magazine addressed to the headmaster , and then found a dozen more in his study . |
| 8 | You say he got a fat tummy as he ? |
| 9 | They say he strangled an entire pack of Wolf Cubs and fed their bodies to a school of carp ? |
| 10 | He did everything , Toby felt , but say he had a spiffing wheeze . |
| 11 | Those who remember him say he had an uncanny knack of being instantly able to visualise a course even over rough ground or farmland . |
| 12 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 13 | Hepzibah says she knew an old woman once who kept what she called a Death Book . |
| 14 | She says she heard a loud gunshot and saw a man lying on the ground . |
| 15 | She says she had a perfect childhood , an almost miraculous childhood . |
| 16 | Ms Sheehy says she received a flat denial of any impropriety . |
| 17 | Her former landlady says she used a different name when taking on the tenancy of the property . |
| 18 | ‘ Mum says we got a new lodger , a nice French lady , ’ said Linda . |
| 19 | Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way |
| 20 | He says he experienced a tremendous thrill when he heard the tinkle of money and saw a glittering stream of silver coins clattering down the chute . |
| 21 | Paul says he saw a little cat swallowing a big dog . |
| 22 | He says he had a split personality . |
| 23 | He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all . |
| 24 | Carter says he had a hundred quid on him , Mike . |
| 25 | She says he had a hard life : |
| 26 | He says he heard a loud bang — his windscreen shattered , he spotted some children . |
| 27 | MIPS says it made a strong effort at the beginning to get the SCO on very favourable terms but the sponsorship just was n't there . |
| 28 | Now 43 , she is married with a two-year-old daughter and says it took a long time to settle down to a ‘ normal life ’ . |
| 29 | D&B says it evaluated a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't require SQL programming skills . |
| 30 | The more things change , the more they stay the same : taking a leaf from our own book , InformationWeek says it procured an internal IBM memo written June 26 by the director of advanced workstations and AIX systems Jeff Mason telling staffers not to push System/3x users to the RS/6000 , which he himself is responsible for , for fear of undercutting sales of the company 's highly profitable higher margin AS/400s . |