Example sentences of "say [prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reckon the doctor should 've says to him He should n't have said that , full stop , you should never say that to an alcoholic . |
| 2 | No I was saying to her I 'd probably have one more before I go anyway and er I 'm , I 'm gon na ask her if she with my , cos at that nana 's there , I mean there 'll be four of us there , it might be worth an hour and a quarter drive |
| 3 | I just kept saying to her it could n't work . |
| 4 | But what I do say is I am a trustee I am a trustee not of farmer 's land not of your land Mr , not of your land Mr not of your land Mr every person in Leicestershire owns that land , they have got a mark and I 'll tell you sir four thousand five hundred signatures made in one weekend are saying to us you are a trustee of our land , it 's not your land , our land I keep hearing , it 's our land it 's not our land it 's the people of Leicestershire 's land and what the people of Leicestershire land are saying to us sir , they 're saying to us you can not continue this barbaric killing of foxes . |
| 5 | I said to her you 'll just looking for fault all the time you are I said that 's |
| 6 | Well that 's what I said to her you 'll probably find something around , but I mean it was a nice , it is a nice pattern |
| 7 | I rang , I rang , I went to the dole office , when I went down I ask them as soon as I left Ann said the same , go down the dole when you ask about your poll tax , they said to me we ca n't give you any id , er anything , you have to phone them , council building site , I phone the council building and they asked me , that 's why I sent all your wage slips in for |
| 8 | to because we 've got the Legal Aid system , but I mean my son was also a repeated robbed in his car and what shocked me was the , the police they said to me you should n't have a pretty car any way , he had a brand new X R three |
| 9 | Mick said to me last night , he said to me you can never fit not used to it , but |
| 10 | I always said to them I would much prefer to supply fifty per cent of the monthly usage , spread it out throughout the year . |
| 11 | I said to , I said to him I wo n't tell her . |
| 12 | So Ken said to him I ca n't understand what a boy like you 's doing here Duane . |
| 13 | and I bought one so , I said to him I ca n't afford |
| 14 | But he said to us You wo n't forget the stuff in the hut will you ? |
| 15 | On the other hand , if he really had anything constructive to say to her she could n't allow phantom fears to deny her the opportunity of listening to him . |
| 16 | She misses you Elsie and sometimes I want to say to her she can not miss you more than I do . |
| 17 | Cos I mean for someone like me , I was saying that like , before I used to say to you I would n't eat all day , right ? |
| 18 | Their neighbours are all on the dole and they all talk about food : " I 'll say to them you ca n't be starving on Wednesday because it 's not Friday — giro day , " says their next-door neighbour . |
| 19 | He , he might say to me you ca n't use . |