Example sentences of "say [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 2 | ‘ Close your eyes , ’ says Tod to the patient , who , of course , immediately opens them . |
| 3 | Mm yeah Thursday and it , it says Tuesday in the paper and it 's Thursday . |
| 4 | But , ‘ We are one , we live as one , ’ says Sonya in the Lazarus chapter , and that is much bolder . |
| 5 | They had made the length of Loch Ness in one day , not bad going for an old man on horseback ; ‘ when he rode , ’ says Boswell at the end of the Life , ‘ he had no command or direction of his horse , but was carried as if in a balloon . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have put my Spirit upon him ; he will bring forth justice to the nations ’ says God through the prophet And now the Spirit had come , and Mark 's account of the baptism makes it abundantly clear that he sees Jesus as the Messianic Son and the Suffering Servant , equipped or his … stupendous task with the Spirit of God promised for the end-time . |
| 7 | So says Christ to the church in Philadelphia . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll ask the woman from Ty Fach , ’ says Elizabeth in the voice that she uses to make promises , ‘ and the girl who is staying with her . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ says Harriet in the darkness . |
| 10 | Paula is back in top gear Shape-up on the beach says Rosemary Off the booze : model Paula Hamilton Liverpool visitor … |
| 11 | Well it says Leslie at the top . |
| 12 | ‘ George finished his treatment three months ago and is doing well , ’ said Gary at the launch of his BBC children 's show We Are The Champions . |
| 13 | ‘ Now , ’ said Colin at the end , ‘ it is n't a secret any more . |
| 14 | " Hey my man , " said Felix in the lobby , running a thumb down my thin lapel . |
| 15 | The decision left Kylie ‘ hurt and angry ’ said Blamey after the ruling . |
| 16 | ‘ We needed him ’ , said Tuibua of the man he described as ‘ one of the best sevens players in the world ’ . |
| 17 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 18 | ‘ I think that it was just a solitary fighter boys , ’ said Biggins to the crew , ‘ but stay well alert , just in case . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I can only do it when we 're in the middle of a conversation and you look at me speculatively and then say something anodyne in a voice that is so deliberately empty of judgment I can practically feel the strength of will you are exerting to keep it so , ’ said David with the hint of a laugh in his deep voice . |
| 20 | ‘ Well done , ’ said David to the superintendent after he 'd examined the scalds . |
| 21 | ‘ Brian has been suffering from a loss of confidence , ’ said Roxburgh of the player who was relegated to the Manchester United substitutes ' bench on Saturday . |
| 22 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said Camille from the sitting-room and Scarlet felt happier : all that she loved in the world was safely indoors , not roaming the streets with the dispossessed , the vengeful , the undead . |
| 24 | ‘ No need to freak out , ’ said Tina in the parlance of the time . |
| 25 | ‘ The reaction from listeners was very good , ’ said Ray after the stunt . |
| 26 | ‘ Meanwhile ’ , said Wordsworth in The Excursion ( 1814 ) : |
| 27 | ‘ Some people pointed a finger at us , ’ said Alan after the inquest . |
| 28 | ‘ If you had to sum up the idea of Playboy it is anti-Puritanism , ’ said Hefner at the time . |
| 29 | When appropriate a statement or report will be issued : ‘ We have no other power but the word ’ said Beck at the project 's launch , ‘ But it has the value of slowing down the madness ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ The usual ? ’ said Duncan behind the bar , Jamie nodded . |