Example sentences of "[adv] say to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that Naylor Massingham had apparently said to Travis 's mother that Travis was a big lad now , but Travis was hurting like the devil inside and was consequently not handling his unhappiness and loneliness in a very ‘ big lad ’ fashion . |
| 2 | Ah , I only said to Chris the other day , I thought god I have n't seen Trevor for ages , I honestly did and I , I did n't think you know , anything wrong with him . |
| 3 | And I only said to Joe yesterday |
| 4 | When Birdie Mac in the sweet shop was unwise enough to say to Benny that those slabs of toffee were doing her no good at all , Eve 's small face flashed in a fury . |
| 5 | Rufus had forgotten how often he castigated the press for inaccuracy , how he constantly said to Marigold that you could n't believe a word you read . |
| 6 | ‘ You make Mother Teresa look like a hooker , ’ as Rudner waspishly says to Thompson , is hardly BAFTA-winning stuff . |
| 7 | I 've spoken to Angela and Angela said , just alter the week numbers on the , on your P forty five , but as I 've just said to Neil if I do that , that is gon na throw it out for year end when I give you yo your green slip . |
| 8 | I just says to Mrs Sneddon that she needed a new battery for her hearing aid and that a daimen-icker in a thrave didny mean whit she thought it did ! |
| 9 | But he has already said to employees and investors that the option he finds most attractive is keeping IBM intact as the biggest , and hopefully mightiest , firm in its industry . |
| 10 | and I was just saying to Yvonne er I 'm rapidly running out of my physio allowance , you know , because of the amount that |
| 11 | afford , ca n't afford at the minute , I was just saying to dad Bri 's gon na get us some shopping on his cheque book , I tell you , did I tell you about his embarrassing moment ? |
| 12 | I was just saying to Simon remember when I did , I did this , before these came out I did the Fab Four Rock and Roll Beatles |
| 13 | ‘ I was just saying to Sally , why do n't you come out with us on Saturday ? ’ |
| 14 | Oh well , that sounds like everybody else , cos I was just saying to Ann that Ian and erm Martin they 've had high temperatures and |
| 15 | That 's what I 'm just saying to daddy . |
| 16 | ‘ I was just saying to Miss Fergusson how very beautiful it is . ’ |
| 17 | I was just saying to Malcolm how surprised I 'd been to see so many your men at Doreen 's funeral , but I shut up when the police arrived . |
| 18 | I just said to Walt , we ought to be getting a gon-doh-lar back . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't know yet , I just said to Christy what time will you be in in the morning I do n't have time yet , in case if I have I can ask you . |
| 20 | Could I just say to Chairman , |
| 21 | Thank you , m may I just say to Committee , that this report is before you at the request of George . |
| 22 | Erm with a thing like this , I mean what I usually say to people it depends on erm if you 've got a lot of numerical data , oh you might as well have this back for the time being so |
| 23 | I usually say to patients who have had an inferior infarct that once in hospital the worst is over ; the main cause of mortality then is pump failure and one of the striking contributions of thrombolytic therapy , to be dealt with later , is its ability to open up coronary arteries and prevent myocardial damage , pump failure and all the complications . |
| 24 | He had once said to Anna , in a touching burst of confidence , ‘ You know what 's the matter with me ? |
| 25 | As he had once said to John , you took Comfort as she was or you ignored her , and he enjoyed her enough to put up with her . |
| 26 | He was always saying to Robert , ‘ Do you remember old Jennings from Univ ? ’ or ‘ Tell me , Wilson , did you use the Radcliffe Camera ? ’ |
| 27 | Steve , I always said to Steven if we have a kid I said I hope it looks like me I said but I hope it got your temperament come out exactly wrong . |
| 28 | Are we in a position Terry then for every child t to for example with years , with with with seven or eight etcetera to say to Alan |
| 29 | When Preminger once said to Howard , ‘ You do n't like me , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | When they called on us , they would always say to Mum , ‘ Fanny , we came to see how you are getting on , but we can only stay a few minutes . ’ |