Example sentences of "you say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've only had sex with one person , ’ you say . |
| 2 | If you say YES — that could be your last free decision . |
| 3 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , well , what 's it matter how you say it ? |
| 5 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 6 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 7 | ‘ Saves them money , as you say . ’ |
| 8 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 9 | I do n't care what you say , they really are marvellous creatures and one of the few animals in God 's world that do absolutely nothing but good . |
| 10 | In fact , it will make anything else you say less believable . |
| 11 | Francis who stopped talking only sometimes , and Marina the theatre director who listened and had everyone else listening , a perfect example of it 's not what you say , it 's the way you say it . |
| 12 | Francis who stopped talking only sometimes , and Marina the theatre director who listened and had everyone else listening , a perfect example of it 's not what you say , it 's the way you say it . |
| 13 | You say Fats Waller . |
| 14 | No , you say , all in control , we are not going to sleep together . |
| 15 | You say you feel safe with me . |
| 16 | You say you 've never kissed a woman like that before . |
| 17 | ‘ You are naughty ! ’ you say , spacing your words with a gleam in your wise-sky eyes , ‘ OK . |
| 18 | You say it 's not OK just to take , darling , angel , siren , demon , goddess , fucking you fucking canonises me . |
| 19 | I LIKE that you tell me about it , your flesh impatient with words , you say : go inside me — yeah — yeah — no — more — and your body whiplashes head to toe , the ill-appreciated G spot , baby you got it . |
| 20 | We have to talk , you say . |
| 21 | Is it OK , you say , are you really pissed off that I have to get home ? |
| 22 | Now this Act will bind six thousand of us — I am not speaking in my own interest , I am well past the age — but this Act will empty the glens of the young active men — and how can they marry if they are in barracks and camps in England , or in France if you send them there — you say you will not … |
| 23 | ‘ You say that — with your grandfather drooling in his bed ! |
| 24 | I can hear what you say . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If you say so . ’ |
| 26 | Yes , we get some lovely views from the railway , just as you say , but — oh dear ! — the industrial side and the back streets and the mess ! |
| 27 | As you say , plain boards lettered and varnished and exposed to the elements soon lose their fresh effect . |
| 28 | ‘ She might , 'ow you say , grew a bit , ’ he schmiled . |
| 29 | You 'll need lots of patience , but as you say your boy has a good nature otherwise , the chances are you 'll succeed . |
| 30 | ‘ You used to give lessons to children , so you say . |