Example sentences of "[pron] say [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't talk to my father about physics ; it 's always a mistake because he gets cross when I say silly things , but the rest of the family get cross because they ca n't understand . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
| 4 | He said I said one thing he 's more rebellious . |
| 5 | If you 're here because I said certain things about you after the race , you can sod off back south right now . ’ |
| 6 | I said these things to myself and I did n't care . |
| 7 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 8 | There was another column which said major things erm , there might be a couple of things which |
| 9 | He even asked help — ‘ How can we find the way to deal with people who say one thing in private and another in front of their supporters ? ’ |
| 10 | Either you stand outside your community , see them as non-Indians see them , which means , often enough , identifying with racist opinion , or you learn to hate people who say these things . |
| 11 | ‘ If you say nice things about our house , you 're really saying them about us too . |
| 12 | ‘ You say horrible things . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , Miguel , you say these things in such a serious voice that I do almost believe you . |
| 14 | I thought the , the erm you know you say these things can get very hot |
| 15 | Well you say silly thing but how else is she gon na get across that road ? |
| 16 | She says many things can go wrong at birth and it 's better to find a new mother for a lamb than to have to hand rear it . |
| 17 | She says many things other than exam results make a good school . |
| 18 | So what , what I 'll shall do it was fourteen pounds no what I 'll do is the whole amount and if she says any thing I say . |
| 19 | ‘ — And she says dreadful things to you in front of the whole class and makes you feel really stupid , ’ continued Maud . |
| 20 | Then it goes to the copy editor , who says marvellous things like , ‘ The door was on this side of the room on page 24 , and on the other side on page 124 . ’ |
| 21 | nob nobody knows who , who , who says these things at all . |
| 22 | Yeah it 's alright , nobody knows who says these things . |
| 23 | It was a profound philosopher ( or maybe The Hitch-Hiker 's Guide to the Galaxy ) who said bad things always happen on Thursdays . |
| 24 | She said appropriate things in the right places , and hardly knew whether she was glad or sorry when it was time to go . |
| 25 | She had said it , just in the way she said all things , as she might say , it is cold , your hair is brown , the sky is cloudy , and Gaily had come to accept her words implicitly . |
| 26 | They 're buying disposable presents like giving theatre vouchers and erm I do n't know what else but she said disposable things that people can have some fun with . |
| 27 | ‘ You said two things . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway you said foul things to me then ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've given much thought to what you meant when you said those things — to what you really want , and — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Dr Ali said that you said bad things about Muhammad , ’ Maisie went on . |