Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] says [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm gon na read from verse thirty five , just the paragraph there , the last paragraph in that chapter it says on that day when evening had come Jesus said to them let us go over to the other side and leaving the multitude they took him along with them just as he was in the boat and other boats were with them . |
| 2 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 3 | And she says ah David 's er she says later on in the day she says to him are you playing ? |
| 4 | look on the packaging it says without giblets |
| 5 | Oh you 're on yes , go on , start tomorrow morning he says to me , with Fighting Mack . |
| 6 | So I 've got me jeans on and the first word I says to him is so why have you shaved your moustache off Dave ? |
| 7 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
| 8 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 9 | erm , on four , er , again I do n't know what pigeon fanciers or pigeon er , what their views are on this , but you see , this is another European directive erm , there is a risk it says of this disease being airborne , it can be airborne , and it was shown that racing pigeons could introduce the disease to commercial flocks . |
| 10 | Leonie father 's Jeffery is considering beginning a campaign to help prevent the tragedy which befell his daughter … the best way he says of honouring her memory . |
| 11 | I wo n't be in the office she says until er May the fifth and nobody else will deal with it so there you are . |
| 12 | On stage he says to me , ‘ Get me a Lancashire cocktail , my man . ’ |