Example sentences of "a [noun sg] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think when you talk about symbolism of a wedding , in actual fact , what does a wedding say ? |
| 2 | As soon as I heard a journalist say , ‘ John McCartney ? |
| 3 | I mean , how can a girl say no ? |
| 4 | For cartoonists like Mel Calman and Posy Simmonds , success comes from making a picture say a thousand words . |
| 5 | I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer 's baton , picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid ; I heard a policeman say to another : ‘ I 'd shoot the whole fuckin' lot . ’ |
| 6 | I thought she was never going to stop until I heard a woman say , ‘ I see 'er 's still showin' off . ’ |
| 7 | Despite all the troubles , I never heard a woman say she regretted having supported the long strike . |
| 8 | Then someone picked up and he heard a woman say a curt and cautious , ‘ Yes ’ |
| 9 | Oh dear , you 'd say this would be me as I was leaving the travel agents I heard a woman say my friend and I want to get away from it all , can you recommend somewhere completely unspoiled with a really nice shopping area . |
| 10 | ‘ I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo , ’ protested Lydia . |
| 11 | Regularly one hears a traveller say " I do n't want to be herded around with a lot of tourists " . |
| 12 | ‘ God , ca n't a man say anything in his own house without it being taken up wrong ? ’ and the quarrel circled about the two positions until he reached and took her in his arms . |
| 13 | From a long way off she heard a voice say : ‘ Green as a piece of ripe Stilton … ’ and then the room disappeared . |
| 14 | She opened her copy of Baudelaire , which she had brought with her , and started to look at it , and shortly she heard a voice say , " Mademoiselle , je peux ? " and saw a man looking at her . |
| 15 | Suddenly I heard a voice say , ‘ Good heavens ! |
| 16 | Sleep , he heard a voice say , close by his ear . |
| 17 | I heard a voice say , I then realised that the voice was mine , but before I had chance to retract the offer the JM publicity machine had roared into action and there were posters advertising the ride in every office . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'd need one nostril up the fox 's arse today , ’ Nora heard a farmer say to the whipper-in , not knowing she was the other side of the hedge . |
| 19 | I actually heard a minister say that on the radio last week . |
| 20 | The rules state that you let a guy say his piece and you consider what he said . |