Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] a [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 | But but you say you prefer a basic . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Say you want a Chinese Rach . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Say we have a new ‘ module ’ numbered B985 called Artificial Intelligence and which has a ‘ status ’ in the intermediate category . |
| 9 | Say we have a social event I 'll do that |
| 10 | Erm if the water 's very high and say we have a little a little pipe coming through there in the bottom . |
| 11 | No well we might well it might be that we say we want a combined party , I do n't know , |
| 12 | 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. , |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the event , the operation went smoothly , but factory staff say they saw a new uncertain side to Bernard during those tense , waiting days . |
| 15 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
| 16 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 17 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 18 | Probably turn round say they had a five hundred million pound turnover last year right . |
| 19 | Now the hard working couple say they face a miserable Christmas and a bleak future . |
| 20 | No warning was given and police say they face an impossible task in fighting this kind of terrorism . |
| 21 | Police say they smashed a major crime ring . |
| 22 | Opposition leaders say they want an early general election . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Customs and Excise officers say they intercepted a Dutch magazine addressed to the headmaster , and then found a dozen more in his study . |
| 26 | They write of " Moille of Keann-outh , or Mull of Oe " and say they found a cheerful and commodious hotel at Port Askaig " nestled securely among well-grown trees . " |
| 27 | They write of " Moille of Keann-outh , or Mull of Oe " and say they found a cheerful and commodious hotel at Port Askaig " nestled securely among well-grown trees . " |
| 28 | The police and football authorities now say they have a good picture of who 's who in the hooligan world . |
| 29 | They say they have a democractic selection procedure . |
| 30 | RESIDENTS of a Middlesbrough street say they have an environmental disaster on their doorstep . |