Example sentences of "say [pron] was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would if I 'd said I was going to sleep , stay with Hannah |
| 2 | Lynn says she was attracted to Stuart ‘ because of his confidence , especially his sexual confidence . |
| 3 | The poor frightened girl packed her things and ran out , saying she was going to Reno for a divorce . |
| 4 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 5 | He asked me to go full-time with him , but I said I was committed to Frank . |
| 6 | I said I was going to tech on a night for my maths A level and I was also taking General and English . |
| 7 | ‘ I said I was going to dinner with friends . |
| 8 | He said she was to go to Ludgate Circus , stand on the south corner of Fleet Street at 6.30 p.m. and wait for a cab to pull in and pick her up . |
| 9 | After midnight Nell said she was going to bed , and I walked up the train with her to her roomette , almost opposite mine . |
| 10 | She pushed her mug away from her and said she was going to bed . |
| 11 | She said she was going to Morocco with Adam Springer . |
| 12 | She just shook her head and smiled but the boy said she was dedicated to God . |
| 13 | At 3.05pm she appeared barefoot , dressed in jeans and a cotton blouse on the doorstep to say she was going to post some letters . |
| 14 | Dee-Dee drifted in and out , offering coffee and company , and Tremayne put his head in to say he was going to Oxford to see his tailor , and to ask if I wanted an opportunity to shop . |
| 15 | Wilkie said it was known to psychologists that certain colours had certain psychological effects : red , and also orange and yellow increase muscular tension and the flow of adrenalin : blue and green slow the heartbeat , lower the temperature . |
| 16 | When he said he was moving to Loxford to start another life before it was too late , she thought of abandoning him but she did not think it for long . |
| 17 | He said he was coming to Moila later on , on business . |
| 18 | ‘ You said he was coming to tea . ’ |
| 19 | Prison authorities on the Rock said he was taken to hospital after guards spotted him about to make an attempt on his own life early on Sunday . |
| 20 | She was so surprised by the warmth of his smile , by his being able to smile so frankly , so like a friend , that when he said he was going to lunch at the Blue Lagoon and would she come too , she said yes , all right , without thinking . |
| 21 | it 's been finished , so it was , I would say I was going to town . |