Example sentences of "say [pron] [verb] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which yeah I said well there 's nobody else , I said they get on and you say I want more money but he said it 's a nightmare . |
| 2 | Perhaps I ring up Irena and say you need more French ? |
| 3 | The police say they need more information from the public … particularly to find the murder weapon . |
| 4 | The police say they need more information from the public , particularly to find the murder weapon . |
| 5 | And it is not enough to devote four pages to ‘ sexual orientation ’ and then lamely say it deserves more attention . |
| 6 | She says she needs more time , but we know she is lying . |
| 7 | But Mr Harper says he needs more help . |
| 8 | Now he has been promoted and says he needs more time . |
| 9 | One delegation from Oxford City Council says it needs more cash to serve an extra thirteen thousand people whose homes now fall within the the city boundaries . |
| 10 | A support group for the elderly in north Oxfordshire says it wants more cooperation with the police in helping what it reckons is an increasing number of elderly victims of crime in the area . |
| 11 | They seem to say I spend more time with reptiles than I do with them or some people are very scared so they do n't tend to come around . |
| 12 | She said she wanted more freedom for licensees to decide their opening hours , and believed children would learn about alcohol by going into pubs with their parents . |
| 13 | ‘ My God , woman , you were the one who said we needed more space . ’ |
| 14 | Among the most striking of its findings were that all those surveyed said they had more confidence in statements on biotechnology made by environment and consumers ' groups than in those issuing from government or industry . |
| 15 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
| 16 | Harper said he lit more straw , put it out , then later smelled smoke . |