Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] to the effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurd , who was entertaining members of the European Parliament to lunch at the Grand , murmured something to the effect that they would all meet Margaret soon enough , that evening at Jeffrey 's great party : ‘ The three ‘ Bs ’ : Beluga , Bollinger and bullshit . ’ |
| 2 | He murmured something to the effect that youth must be served , ‘ John Donne ’ , but the interviewer did not take him up on his quotation . |
| 3 | By this time I was feeling very friendly towards them and I might have said something to the effect : " If you will just mosey on down this trail ( meaning the main road between Cambridge and Huntingdon ) you will come to Alconbury , some 15 to 16 miles away . " |
| 4 | George Underwood : David was always a bit over the top and he decided to write to John Bloom , a millionaire business , saying something to the effect ‘ Brian Epstein has got The Beatles but you can have us ’ , but Bloom was n't that interested and passed his letter to Les Conn , an agent . ’ |
| 5 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
| 7 | I remember Lorne saying something to the effect that it might look a bit bulky but , with their excellent petrol , in the long run it was neater than bringing hundreds of spare flashlight batteries along . |
| 8 | When news of the event reached the graveyard cottage Willie had overheard Tom muttering something to the effect that it was a wonder the tree did n't have to be taken too . |
| 9 | The crew looked pleased enough , the camera man muttering something to the effect that the bitch had it coming . |
| 10 | She gave a shaky laugh , wanting to add something to the effect that it was n't fear that drew people to Marc , but more like sheer charisma . |
| 11 | I 'm just you 're just making me think actually because I saw in one of the papers this morning erm a headline , if I can find it , it said something to the effect that — yes here it is , in the Independent , it says ‘ TV soaps are first to survive rescheduling ’ and it goes on to tell us that the British television schedules as we all know were the first casualties of war in the Gulf except for the nation 's daily diet of Australian soap . |
| 12 | The Admiralty would probably say something to the effect that Crabb was testing highly secret equipment that could not be discussed in detail and had unfortunately drowned . |
| 13 | Frequently couples at their golden wedding celebration will say something to the effect of ‘ we made it a point never to go to bed angry ’ . |
| 14 | The Malcolms said very little although that daft Janet mumbled something to the effect that the meeting , held prior to Grunte 's ‘ treat ’ , was in bad taste . |
| 15 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |