Example sentences of "[vb pp] to say [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glashow , for example , was reported to say that the Nobel committee took a ‘ bit of a chance ’ because ‘ nobody has yet built a machine that is capable to check ’ the new particles predicted ( international Herald Tribune , 16 October , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | A READER from Dromore has written to say that the cathedral in her home town installed a loop system after she ‘ got at ’ the minister and vestry about it . |
| 3 | After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing . |
| 4 | He did n't like the country and used to say that the birds kept him awake . |
| 5 | ‘ The cynics are bound to say that the solicitor would have to recover the time spent on an apparently free comprehensive audit by undertaking some recommendations , ’ said . |
| 6 | Despite a certain aversion from yet another stirring of recollection I am bound to say that the material of the film is handled with command . |
| 7 | A few days later the sergeant called to say that the fingerprints on the envelope were not those of the gardener who had been dismissed and that the poor , wronged man had been given back his job . |
| 8 | " I 'm only authorized to say that the aircraft has been prepared for friday . " |
| 9 | Pressed to say if the arrival of a US envoy was now closer , Mr Spring said the issue had been discussed between John Major and President Clinton . |
| 10 | In Battalion Headquarters , the Welfare Officer was busy co-ordinating holidays for the children of soldiers Who have been killed by terrorists , when a call was received to say that the grave of a terrorist victim had been vandalised . |
| 11 | At a very humble level , the bee can see in the ultraviolet , which is invisible to us : we would be tempted to say that the ultraviolet was not light , because we can not see it , but as far as the bee is concerned it most certainly is ! |
| 12 | For example , in circumstances where there may be legitimate public concern about the violation of human rights by the new regime , or the manner in which it achieved power , it has not sufficed to say that the announcement of ‘ recognition ’ is simply a neutral formality . |
| 13 | This is the reason Indians have begun to say that the sky and elements felt the death of the Inca that the Spaniards , inhuman and impious , were killing with such cruelty . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That you ’ Proof of the identity of an accused exposing his/her person may be difficult and apart from an admission a witness is required to say that the man/woman in the court dock is the person who exposed their person . |