Example sentences of "say what a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when I 'm talking to myself I say what a clever fellow you are ! |
| 2 | I heard Claire Rayner say what a good thing it was we were n't immortal because , without the ultimate threat of death , we 'd never have the impetus to use life fully . |
| 3 | I says what a bloody excuse , I says and his car broke down , shh bloody corporation buses here , why does n't he use a corporation bus to get in ? |
| 4 | Oh yeah , I says what a clever fellow I am I say ! |
| 5 | Er what a lovely wife she says what a lovely man you are . |
| 6 | Later , I tried to mollify her by pointing out that the teacher had said what a nice boy he was . |
| 7 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 8 | It was sheer bloody hell listening to all those fatuous nincompoops saying what a great guy you are . |
| 9 | mega bucks and the company had gone escalated and then opportunity of this guy , you know , saying what a super guy he was , what an entrepreneur and what he done is , you know , I 've had something head , you know , I 'm in charge and he put his feet on the desk there and he had a hole in his shoe and s spread across all the papers the next day was this guy with a hole in his shoe and this was a multi million pound corporate er corporate body , he could n't afford to buy a decent pair of shoes |
| 10 | I must take the opportunity of saying what a marvellous job I thought both Captains did . |
| 11 | instead of sort of going over and saying what a marvellous job we did here er and then saying yeah fantastic |
| 12 | Rildia Bee kept saying what a nice country it seemed to be , and she grinned like Christmas . |
| 13 | And said what a nice girl she was and what a good student and Suzannah said oh that 's cos I won that make up competition . |
| 14 | Everyone said what a good crop of teethes we had . |
| 15 | Afterwards , he said what a great kid I was . ’ |
| 16 | Perdita listened to her mother grinding gears and going on and on and on about how marvellously Perdita had played and how it had been the proudest moment of her life , and how everyone from Rupert to Brigadier Canford said what a great future she had and Drew this and Drew that . |
| 17 | We just believe one parent said what a disgraceful example la di da di da . |
| 18 | When I phoned up she said what a lovely card ! |
| 19 | Everyone around him had assumed that at the ti me of his wife 's death he must miss her very much and said what a wonderful person she was . |
| 20 | The people had stayed , said what a wonderful game it had been , the players and everybody else are happy and everybody 's now thinking about Tuesday night and of course , the short trip down the A four twenty to Swindon . |
| 21 | writes from Leeds : Just want to say what a brilliant idea from P. Burley ( PFK Projects April ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Glad to meet you , Christina , and I want to say what a marvellous job you have done down here . |
| 23 | there in the Chronicle was this thing to say what a good response they had ! |
| 24 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which were almost hypothetical . |
| 25 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which are almost hypothetical . |
| 26 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 27 | They have found it hard , too , to make a bridge between the 11 years of Mrs Thatcher and the 16 months of Mr Major , to say what a wonderful woman she was , while being unable to explain why they threw her off the sledge . |
| 28 | Let me take this opportunity to say what a wonderful thing it is that for almost fifty years now , the British government has spent huge sums of money to keep this unique library up to date . |
| 29 | Just a line to say what a beastly profession I think politics are — and how greatly I admire your dignity and good humour . |
| 30 | HE CHATTED to his old acquaintance Al Gore , and got on famously with Bill Clinton ; and as Chris Patten , the governor of Hong Kong , left Washington , officials lined up to say what a fine fellow he was . |