Example sentences of "[pron] say [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , I say to the Chief Officers of this Authority , that their that their proposed that their proposed claim of fourteen percent is nothing short of disgraceful . |
| 2 | However , I say to the hon. Lady and to the alleged author of that statement that , frankly , I disagree . |
| 3 | I say to the hon. Member for Dagenham what the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) said about his speech , which is that he made very heavy weather . |
| 4 | I say to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish and my hon. Friend the Minister that I do not see why British Rail , as ever , should be expected to bear the full cost . |
| 5 | I say to the hon. Gentleman , who is an Opposition Front Bench spokesman , that he must withdraw that comment . |
| 6 | I say to the hon. Member for Harrow , West that I think that the right hon. Gentleman 's words will have reached the chairman of the Audit Commission . |
| 7 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry , when I say in the main , some of it I might , I just want to clarify with the quality committee as to whether they agree or not . |
| 9 | I says to the little kid , when nanny and mums do n't take , well I do n't anyway . |
| 10 | And I turned right round and I says , the boy with the sling said it was n't me , I says to the big one , I said , do you want your legs in plaster ? |
| 11 | As I said on the second reading , I do believe that some areas will need to have larger authorities because of their size , or indeed their particular problems , geographical and otherwise . |
| 12 | I said on the 14th that the equivalent of 25 million tonnes of coal gas contracts had been given , with a further equivalent of 10 million tonnes lying on the table for the Secretary of State to sanction . |
| 13 | " There you go , girl , " I said at the other end , when I brought in the final batch . |
| 14 | What I said at the last committee was I merely advised the committee that if they went ahead in this current financial year that the grant would not be available . |
| 15 | I said at the last meeting in Bungay in January that Bungay will cease to function within five years if something was n't done about it . |
| 16 | In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations . |
| 17 | As I said at the Conservative party conference , I want to make it clear that our policy is colour blind . |
| 18 | Yeah , like I said with the actual water heater there , it 's been , there 's been water heaters in caravans like that for years ! |
| 19 | ‘ One night on that , my son , and you are in danger of electrocution , ’ I said to the young Sheikh as the unctuous Asian salesman waited . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , ’ I said to the arresting officer , whom I will call Mr Pilcher , because that was his name . |
| 21 | I said to the Prime Minister : Make certain — and surely , in face of all this trouble it is worthwhile making certain — that you have the will of the country behind you , and , so far as the Unionist party are concerned , we will absolutely cease all unconstitutional opposition to the carrying of your measure . |
| 22 | What I said to the Prime Minister was that he should answer that part of the question to him that was in order . |
| 23 | I said to the other one , are you Mary too ? |
| 24 | What I said to the other group , partly because they had a , an hour before the lecture is that I 'll use next week with them , as , as an introduction to the poetry of this period . |
| 25 | As I said to the hon. Member for Falkirk , West ( Mr. Canavan ) , we shall consult widely all the various interests and , no doubt , other European countries will receive representations from manufacturers , from users and from suppliers . |
| 26 | As I said to the hon. Member for Sheffield , Central , when he was here , I would welcome a five-hour debate on the distribution of grant , which is one of the hardest tasks facing any Government . |
| 27 | As I said to the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie ( Mr. Worthington ) , I propose that guidance will be given to the boards on the exercise of that power . |
| 28 | ‘ I said to the grave digger , in conversation with him , ‘ Look , are you in the right plot ? ’ and his answer was the priest told him to dig the grave opposite Patrick 's but when he came along he 'd seen there was already a burial there , who was the sister Annie , but had seen this vacant plot next door , so he had dug the vacant one . |
| 29 | ‘ The Temple of Turhan Bey , ’ I said to the pretty girl in the front seat , a blonde under her cap . |
| 30 | I said to the local authorities in September that from now on I will be looking for schemes which encourage cycling — they 're more likely to attract grants from central government than authorities which concentrate exclusively on roads . |