Example sentences of "and say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 2 | Looking around , I saw this man with a beard , who smelled nice and friendly , so I thought I 'd go and say ‘ hello ’ . |
| 3 | Every dozen or so cheeses I 'd sigh and say ‘ Gra , is this really funny ? ’ and he 'd puff on his pipe calmly and say , ‘ Yes , get on with it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My relatives used to come over and say : ‘ There 's nothing in the shops ’ , and I thought it was ridiculous , because there was plenty , ’ a 47-year-old lathe operator from Dresden told me yesterday . |
| 5 | Whatever it brings , one day my son can turn round and say ‘ My dad managed Real Madrid ’ . |
| 6 | King Kenneth I , Part II Confident young Kenneth is being warned by his wife , Queen Emma , that if he gets any more young and confident , people may gang up and say rotten things about him … |
| 7 | In my book , there is nothing this ex-president has done , or said , since leaving the White House which is worthy of attention — especially considering the many worthy things ex-presidents can do and say . |
| 8 | ‘ I still find it amazing that intelligent-looking people will come up and say they think Look Sharp ! is a good record . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's easy for people to sit here and say get rid of Roy Aitken . |
| 10 | Even the vegetarian has to cut the force , that through the green fuse drives the lettuce , in order to be able to live and say that meat is murder . |
| 11 | Whatever it brings , one day my son can turn round and say ‘ My dad managed Real Madrid ’ . |
| 12 | People would ring up and say , ‘ Can you get Mrs So-and-So , her baby 's crying and I ca n't stop her . |
| 13 | I felt that if I looked back early the mud pool would blush and say ‘ pardon ’ . |
| 14 | You do n't go in and say — I want three yards of this . |
| 15 | She 'd just laugh and say summat like that . |
| 16 | Erika , born after the smoke of the death camps had stopped drifting across Europe , wanted deeply to try and say this to dapper Uncle Karl , born before the smoke fouled the skies . |
| 17 | Added to that is her instinctive feeling for people — what to do and say that will please them most . |
| 18 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 19 | I did n't just wan na be put in a chair , given some lyrics to read and say ‘ that 's it . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't just wannabe put in a chair , given some lyrics to read and say ‘ that 's it . ’ . |
| 21 | I suppose if you were either one of them it would be nice but I 'd go out and say to them , ‘ David , it 's time for us to do a vocal now ’ and Angie would say , ‘ Oh , Davey Wavey , do you have to leave me now ? ’ , to which he 'd reply , ‘ Oh , Angie Pangie , I suppose I do — old Uncle Tony wants me in the studio . ’ |
| 22 | We might speculate further and say that they probably lived very close to the well because of the importance of water in the life of a Middle Eastern family . |
| 23 | ‘ Frankie darling , would you like to come downstairs and say goodbye to your grandmother ? ’ |
| 24 | Some guy might walk past and say , ‘ Hey , you look nice today ’ , and leave it at that . |
| 25 | I 'd even go a step further than the physical necessities of being able to see and hear properly and say that the audience must be in the right mood , too , to receive the message . |
| 26 | The fatal approach was to falter and say that whatever he had asked for could not be found — then , the violence was terrifying . |
| 27 | Once that soapbox came out , Major campaigned as if he would now do and say what he really thought . |
| 28 | Traditionalists may huff and puff and say there is nothing like the real thing ; aesthetes may deplore the destruction of mystery ; but for most of us it proves as enthralling as exploring a maze . |
| 29 | If I said to you , ‘ I saw a chair going down the road yesterday and … ’ you would interrupt and say , ‘ That belongs to Mr So-and-So , 316 Carphalute Quadrant North , Lesmahagow , AND his dog has the croup , and last year he lost his … ‘ ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I wondered if you might come down and say hello . ’ |