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 | He did everything , Toby felt , but say he had a spiffing wheeze . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | She says she heard a loud gunshot and saw a man lying on the ground . |
12 | She says she had a perfect childhood , an almost miraculous childhood . |
13 | Ms Sheehy says she received a flat denial of any impropriety . |
14 | Her former landlady says she used a different name when taking on the tenancy of the property . |
15 | ‘ Mum says we got a new lodger , a nice French lady , ’ said Linda . |
16 | Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Paul says he saw a little cat swallowing a big dog . |
19 | He says he had a split personality . |
20 | He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all . |
21 | Carter says he had a hundred quid on him , Mike . |
22 | She says he had a hard life : |
23 | He says he heard a loud bang — his windscreen shattered , he spotted some children . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 ’ . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Siemens AG says it won a Bulgarian contract worth more than $6.3m to modernise and expand the country 's telephone systems : Siemens will deliver more than 80,000 EWSD digital exchange lines and fibre cable : its Digicom Bulgarian joint venture set up last year with a local partner , will install the kit in Sophia and in northern Bulgaria by 1996 . |
28 | Dun says it weighed a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't need SQL programming skills . |
29 | Charles had said he wanted a practical farmer on the council who knew something about estate management , and John Higgs was the man found for the job . |
30 | Leo had never said he wanted a permanent arrangement , yet if he was going to marry someone else why get involved with her ? |