Example sentences of "says to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Nathan says to Henry : ‘ We are all each other 's authors . ’ |
| 2 | Roth says to Levi in the course of the interview embodied in his article : ‘ Your other books are perhaps less ‘ imaginary ’ as to subject-matter but strike me as more imaginative in technique . |
| 3 | You inhabit a world without hope , she says to me . |
| 4 | SO I SAYS TO HIM , OK LOUDMOUTH , LET'S SEE YOU TAKE OVER MY COMPANY ! |
| 5 | I want to talk to him , ’ he says to the guard at the door . |
| 6 | There used to be a woman sergeant in [ place ] who used to refer to the reserve men as ‘ dick-head reserve men ’ , ‘ fucking idiots ’ , till one day this reserve man says to her , ‘ See that man over there , before he came to this job he was a aircraft technician , [ name ] used to be a chief mechanic . |
| 7 | And he says to her , ‘ What did you do before you joined the police ? ’ and she ran off . |
| 8 | See , the other week there , I was on beat duty and this wee nipper , could n't have been more than 6 or 7 , came round the corner and says to me , ‘ Fuck off , ya black bastard . ’ |
| 9 | I says to her what he [ her brother ] said , and you know what she said ? |
| 10 | I was talking to the boys [ members of the RUC ] and one says to me , ‘ When do you start work , later on ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's for the kids , ’ she says to Freda Leader , our next door neighbour . |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you , William , ’ Marie says to me when I give her the tea , and I say ‘ Is there anything else , your Highness ? ’ like we 're king and queen or summat . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll take it , ’ she says to the old woman . |
| 14 | Similarly , the pre-First World War diction now creates moments of unintentional comedy , as when the figure of Christ says to John , ‘ You must play fair , ’ or when John 's plunge into the pool of faith is described as ‘ he took a header ’ . |
| 15 | The fleapit at the centre of another Rose script , The Smallest Show on Earth ( 1957 , Big Time Operators in US ) , directed by Ealing 's Basil Dearden , is eventually burnt to the ground by its old commissionaire : ‘ It were the only way were n't it ’ , he says to the cooing couple who inherited the place in a town stinking of glue from the local factory , together with staff so lost in the past that they still enjoy looking at Hepworth 's Comin ’ Thro ’ The Rye . |
| 16 | Eyes still wide , with a growing smile , he says to the writer , weakly : ‘ You thought I dead , tell the truth . |
| 17 | God says to us , ‘ Yes , you are guilty , unworthy and deserving of punishment but I have provided for your forgiveness . ’ |
| 18 | When the great Audit Day comes and the Great Accountant says to me , ‘ And what did you do ? ’ , |
| 19 | Anyway , after a bit , when she can talk , she says to me , ‘ The cheeky old devil ! — Did you know , then ? ’ |
| 20 | He says to Sarah , ‘ I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold , and when the Egyptians see you , they will say , ‘ This is his wife ’ ; then they will kill me , but they will let you live . |
| 21 | In case Esau has not yet got the message , he says to him , ‘ Accept , I pray you , my gift that is brought to you , ’ and he uses a new word for gift , berakah . |
| 22 | There is no one else can remember except you Wilson Mrs Browning says to me not even Robert , and it is true . |
| 23 | On stage he says to me , ‘ Get me a Lancashire cocktail , my man . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Vile , ’ is the first thing Esme says to me , referring not to the freezing weather but the correct pronunciation of the Welsh Brother 's name : Cad-vile . |
| 25 | Then he goes to my neighbour and says to him : ‘ Joseph has some good horses . |
| 26 | She tilts forward slightly , revealing an ample cleavage and brazenly says to Nicholson , ‘ Hi Jack , would you like to dance ? ’ |
| 27 | Then Boy cut to a black and white film in which a good man comes back from the war in uniform and finds his wife hostessing a party in black satin with orchids , and he throws out her gin-drinking friends , and she says to them , laughing but then not laughing at all , my husband would like to be alone with me . |
| 28 | What happens when a so-called Third World nation or region says to the imperialist powers , NO , we will not conduct our affairs according to your orders ? |
| 29 | He strode off the course , goes up to his room and says to Winnie ( Mrs palmer ) , ‘ Do n't unpack , honey ; we 're going home . ’ |
| 30 | When Mr Palmer arrived I did n't tell him I was caddying for Gary , and I do n't know whether he 'd forgotten or what , but when Gary says to me , ‘ OK , Tip , let's go , ’ Arnold looks at me and says , ‘ What are you doing , Tip ? ’ |