Example sentences of "[vb mod] say to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you imagine what she must say to Matthew ? ’ |
| 2 | Before she finished here and made her way to the sitting room , there were certain things she must say to Cissie , and she must say them without alarming the girl , yet , at the same time , make her aware that she was no longer a child , that she already had the mark of a woman on her . |
| 3 | Cathbad clicked his tongue , because this was not the sort of thing you should say to soldiers , who were easily cast down and sent into gloom and doom , something you should certainly avoid before going into battle . |
| 4 | But it should say to editors and , and radio people , ‘ Hey , this , this could be interesting for you , there 's a story here . ’ |
| 5 | You should say to Steven , ah no I did n't say anything . |
| 6 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 7 | My husband always gets amazed at that , if we 're outside he 'll say to people ask , do you know if she likes her job and they , he 's amazed Ken that can |
| 8 | Because you 'll say to people , did you take all your holiday last year . |
| 9 | But the thing is , my mum 's an and , and Trevor 's Aunty Edna have started writing to each other and have become friends so we 'll see you again at Christmas she 'll say to aunty Edna ! |
| 10 | And she 'll say to Jimmy erm I do n't know how you 're managing to look after yourself . |
| 11 | cos you might say to Mark , oh have a listen to my recording |
| 12 | He recalls in his teens being summoned to Cherwell for dinner parties when a Cabinet minister might say to Lord Beaverbrook : ‘ What do you think of Germany ? ’ |
| 13 | She did not begin to think of what she might say to Kathleen . |
| 14 | If God could say to Paul ‘ my power is made perfect in weakness ’ ( 2 Corinthians 12:9 ) , the same holds true for you . |
| 15 | And I expect that same thing happens with the work related one , that because you 're never at work on your own , or hardly ever at work on your own , and the same thing when you started , you were n't ever on your own , you could say to people , am I doing it right . |
| 16 | And I 'd say to John |
| 17 | She practised what she 'd say to Sir Willie on the other dealers . |
| 18 | And it is five , do you know what I mean it is like what I used to say to Rose . |
| 19 | As for North , ‘ he would either go to jail or be decorated ’ , Secord used to say to Hakim ; and McFarlane told him — as he sat jet-lagged and exhausted in his office the night after a gruelling Iranian session in Frankfurt — that ‘ if the world only knew how many times you have kept a semblance of integrity and gumption to US policy , they would make you Secretary of State . ’ |
| 20 | I used to say to Emma , that little girl of yours she 's a proper little mother , must have been er , see in the future I should think |
| 21 | And I I er and not only that I used to say to teachers well if if they 'd ask him about and if he had anything er er and he 'd be bored . |
| 22 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 23 | erm Sam Sodding , and it used to , but I used to say to mother why did they call him Sam Sodding ? |
| 24 | Sandy would say to Julian : ‘ Oh , girl , your patio 's gorgeous , shove a couple of creepers up by our trellis and we 'll have this place going . ’ |
| 25 | Perhaps she would cancel the wedding , would say to Syl , ‘ You can not marry my daughter . |
| 26 | I 've always wanted an en suite bathroom , she would say to visitors , to her friends on the phone , to , he would n't be surprised , tradesmen on the doorstep or strangers she accosted in the street . |
| 27 | Using David Lodge as an example , we would say to visitors to our city , ‘ Whilst you are in Birmingham , discover Birmingham . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I can do it , ’ he would say to Edouard . |
| 29 | I think the thing that I would say to parents : ‘ You may be anxious , you may be concerned . |
| 30 | " You and I can share , " Andrew would say to Nicandra , and to her the idea , particularly if it was a difficult horse , made her feel at one with him . |