Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I have to pick it up , she said oh that 's good , as I say I had a brilliant interview when the other members of staff come Steve and erm , I forget what the girl 's name was , but she 's already had a |
2 | Erm I say I enclose a short story for your consideration . |
3 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
4 | She belongs to the South ; some say she personifies the best of it . |
5 | Her friends say she did the right thing . |
6 | But but you say you prefer a basic . |
7 | And if you say you did the same thing , they just think , oh my God , look at this girl being really rude . |
8 | Well I still think that well say you have a big massive thing and , and say it 'd take a hundred people mm er I suppose the bigger it is the more economical it is . |
9 | Say you want a Chinese Rach . |
10 | I mean some you can stop 'em with a s sheet of thick paper or others will go through very solid objects and as you say you need a good sheet of lead to stop it . |
11 | Say we have a new ‘ module ’ numbered B985 called Artificial Intelligence and which has a ‘ status ’ in the intermediate category . |
12 | Say we have a social event I 'll do that |
13 | Erm if the water 's very high and say we have a little a little pipe coming through there in the bottom . |
14 | No well we might well it might be that we say we want a combined party , I do n't know , |
15 | Although only six per cent of 18 to 19-year-old pub goers say they prefer a congenial publican , putting the availability of real ale at the top of their list , a friendly welcome becomes markedly important as drinkers get older. , |
16 | You sometimes hear people say that it is not worth eating differently , or getting to the right weight ; they say they prefer a short and happy life to a long and miserable one . |
17 | In the event , the operation went smoothly , but factory staff say they saw a new uncertain side to Bernard during those tense , waiting days . |
18 | On a promotional video interview , they say they consulted the ancient Chinese book the I-Ching to make this choice , but when I bring it up Kier gives another reason . |
19 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
20 | They say they had a good hearing |
21 | They say they had a good hearing |
22 | Probably turn round say they had a five hundred million pound turnover last year right . |
23 | Now the hard working couple say they face a miserable Christmas and a bleak future . |
24 | No warning was given and police say they face an impossible task in fighting this kind of terrorism . |
25 | Police say they smashed a major crime ring . |
26 | The report 's authors say they want the best for everyone |
27 | Opposition leaders say they want an early general election . |
28 | Massively-parallel systems developer Meiko World Inc of Bristol has retained ICL Plc to manufacture the Sparc-based processor boards for its next generation parallel systems at its Kidsgrove , Staffordshire plant under a contract that could reach several million pounds a year ; the two say they plan a long-term manufacturing relationship . |
29 | Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday . |
30 | Customs and Excise officers say they intercepted a Dutch magazine addressed to the headmaster , and then found a dozen more in his study . |