Example sentences of "say to [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The child is probably trying to write down a suitable looking word , and has n't said to himself the actual word he has written down . |
| 2 | What had the vacillating vamp said to her the last time they were together ? |
| 3 | The word stirred her , and she recalled what her mother had said to her the previous day : that Cork had been her home all her life , with no suffering and no want — a safe and secure home . |
| 4 | As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married . |
| 5 | No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons . |
| 6 | What someone said to me the other night is that you 've got 75% of it and that 's good . |
| 7 | but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment |
| 8 | Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ? |
| 9 | she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ? |
| 10 | And I used to load the boot up and bring them and load home like in the boot of my car my Sales Manager said to me the other day , how the hell did you get bright red dust in your boot ? |
| 11 | Raymond said to me the other day , I asked him was there any lemonade ? |
| 12 | I went rubbish cos he came and said to me the other day oh so how are you enjoying your first term |
| 13 | Fellow said to me the other week you do n't live here . |
| 14 | you said to him the other night . |
| 15 | I said to him the other day , well four weeks ago . |
| 16 | I said to him the other morning I said do that again I said look , I 'll get you out of bed . |
| 17 | Cos we said to him the other day how much is so and so Jonathan ? |
| 18 | He said to us the other day , ‘ This little country is the key . |
| 19 | he 's , he 's like this , he 's got to get on , get everything done , that 's what I said to you the other day , leave |
| 20 | Yeah he do n't eat too many he likes he like they but he wo n't erm I had to say to him the other night . |
| 21 | Yeah what I was going to say to you the only thing is will you put a plug up . |
| 22 | She 's just , that 's just pulling their mind you I did say to her the last straw was Christmas day , can you imagine like , I mean me and him did n't have to , I did n't have to stay in and cook dinner , I done it cos she was there we 'd all be together , she did n't fucking come home . |
| 23 | In highlighted pen that you know so when he goes out with someone in ninete , in two thousand he 'll say to someone the last time I went out with someone was in nineteen ninety three . |