Example sentences of "say to [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roth says to Levi in the course of the interview embodied in his article : ‘ Your other books are perhaps less ‘ imaginary ’ as to subject-matter but strike me as more imaginative in technique . |
| 2 | ‘ There are not many people in Wimbledon who have your qualifications , ’ Mr Malik had said to Robert in the pub . |
| 3 | ‘ Nothing , ’ said Comfort , who had been unable either to forget or justify some of the things she had said to Julia during the war . |
| 4 | They said to Bill on the telephone . |
| 5 | What Gandalf said to Frodo at the start , we should realise , was that he might be able to give the Ring away or destroy it , though only with a struggle ; he could not however be made to want to do so ( except by some kind of dangerous thought-control ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Off you go , ’ she said to Linda through the window . |
| 7 | I said to Julie about the washing I said to Julie I said you 're at home how about you taking this washing machine with you when you go because you 're paying . |