Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 2 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 3 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 4 | The agency say they broke new ground by bringing together a drinks company and an existing client , the DoE , to sponsor a major anti-drinking and driving campaign . |
| 5 | They say they gave considerable thought before making the decision which they hope will help the trade ride the current recession . |
| 6 | They say they paid premium prices to a firm with exclusive rights to sell holidays to the Olympics , but in return were given appalling accomodation . |
| 7 | Mia has since said she found true happiness with Allen . |
| 8 | It is not the best of assignments , says one experienced blue-beret wearer , but it is still better than Lebanon . |
| 9 | He says they caused considerable damage to property , hedgerows were burned out , buildings affected , farmers ' own equipment set on fire and their own crops . |
| 10 | The officer says they found stolen chequebooks , 38 chequecards , and a quantity of drugs like LSD and cannabis , as well as other items such as computer equipment |
| 11 | The report says they found large numbers of chemicals being dumped which were NOT licensed to be discharged . |
| 12 | Father-of-three Mr Simon says he regretted fitting moto-cross motorcycle tyres , which for all but about 100metres of the rally were the wrong choice . |
| 13 | In Nicodemus , Kansas , the sole remaining town of black settlers on the plains , Mr Frazier says he found true joy watching the people at a dance . |
| 14 | Intel says it saw strong demand in the US and Japan , where orders rose significantly as the market was stimulated by lower personal computer prices . |
| 15 | Vicom says it incurred massive debt during the development its own proprietary visualisation line whilst at the same time taking over Sun 's products , and could n't attract the new development capital it required . |
| 16 | The UN had not said he deserved political asylum . |
| 17 | Are you saying you found illegal drugs on this property ? ’ |
| 18 | I said everyone wanted ground coffee today . |
| 19 | She said I have my good days and my bad days , said I had bad day yesterday not too bad . |
| 20 | She said I got fat fingers that 'll do . |
| 21 | Yeah , he said I got a thousand pound well I 'll ring around , he said I got a thousand o off my , I saved a thousand pounds on my roof he said I thought bloody hell , how much cost costing him ! |
| 22 | When I was arrested in August , one charge against me was that I said I wanted free elections , ’ said Mr Carnogursky , aged 45 . |
| 23 | and he I said to him , I said you got new neighbours ? |
| 24 | You said you had powerful suspicions . |
| 25 | He said you gave marvellous picnics — and you look as if you would ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You said you needed rent-free accommodation . |
| 27 | She 's a sensible woman — and she said you needed fresh air . |
| 28 | Rosie said she felt sure Ernest would be very pleased . |
| 29 | Antonia 's friend said she grew heady thinking about her future life with the 43-year-old Yuppie MP for Putney . |
| 30 | Sid Walcott , 49 , said she had shouting matches with her boyfriend , the children 's father . |