Example sentences of "and say [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd be bound to notice , to give her a look and say black mark , Private Smith . |
| 2 | They may speak to Members of Parliament and Ministers on a confidential basis , but it is very unusual to come out in terms of that kind and say that sort of thing . |
| 3 | Before I do that let me just digress and say one word about books , I 've had a few people ask me about books erm I gather that the distinguished Durham bookshops have sold out of my wonderful book but I gather that lorries are hurtling up motorways with |
| 4 | Maybe the imminence of the new technology was the moment to hang up my briefcase and say good luck to the thrusting new young generation . |
| 5 | If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken . |
| 6 | You got so that the first thing you did every day was to go into the kitchen and say good morning to it . |
| 7 | Go and say good morning to Jim . |
| 8 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 9 | I 've thought guaran two machines you 're guaranteed for four years then , cos they did n't write the serial number down , so if I got two machines and it goes faulty I just send it back and say this machine 's faulty , they do n't know how many I 've got |
| 10 | I think when I meet — and maybe would count them not in hundreds , but in tens — when I meet women who make those sorts of comments and say this time last year I would not have said that , then those sorts of things encourage me very much . |
| 11 | and say this group of four here , erm , will get this much shared out between us , so if there were a third as many people , if there was only one person we would n't need so many erm , if there was only one pizza , right , |
| 12 | The characters have improbable names and say improbable things . |
| 13 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But there are still all these fans of our first record — especially on the continent , they 're really frank here — who come right up and say funny things like ( in a thick Scandinavian accent ) ‘ T'was not superior , but was OK ’ and ‘ So much lovey pop — ridiculous ’ . |
| 15 | Sometimes she caught him looking at her , but he never really kissed her and the vagueness of his attentions made her anxious and say bitter things she did n't mean . |
| 16 | ‘ Ca n't you remember , Mum and Dad , what it was like to just talk , and gossip , and say sweet things without saying really anything , and yet saying all the important things ? ’ |
| 17 | You might find it 's a little bit strange me stood up here talking to you about temporary labour , part-time workers , when you 've heard what Asda 's gone through and said temporary labour situations all morning . |
| 18 | Count Tolstoy is refusing to back down and says new evidence will emerge in the next few days which will vindicate him . |
| 19 | This year Sun Express is buying products up front from the Sun satellites — and will offer its marketing services to them — and says all sales will be to end users this time around . |
| 20 | Spectrum denies the EGM was illegal and says existing shareholders can not sell shares to outsiders without first offering them to inside investors . |
| 21 | A cockerel goes cock-a-doodle-do , and a prostitute stands with her legs open and says any cock 'll do . |
| 22 | Immediately you put in another claim , and the insurance company turns round and says hard luck mate , you 've signed away to say that was the settlement for that injury for once and all time and we wo n't accept another claim for the same injury . |
| 23 | When they come round at work and says this car blocked in I say oh go and ask Stuart he 'll probably know . |
| 24 | I , I just ask him if , and it , the question that I 'm interested in the answer to , like how did it go ? and , now he talks at me for an hour until Diane comes in and says enough Vaughany , cos she can see I sort of trying to edge away |
| 25 | It urges an expansion of forestry , based on its new costings , and says recreational values can now be assessed making community forests more viable … page 28 |
| 26 | But another union blames bad management on Dowty 's part , and says Dowty Fuel Sytems would have shut down anyway if it had n't been sold . |
| 27 | Furthermore they do n't know about ‘ good form ’ and ‘ bad form ’ and saying one thing and doing another . |
| 28 | I know they are encouraged to , but it is n't pleasant to see middle-aged women clapping their hands and being excited and saying ridiculous things like : ‘ Look at that pretty pink cushion ! ’ |
| 29 | they all sit there looking at her and saying bloody hell she ai n't got her own hat on , we 've been here quarter of an hour and she walks in the door , takes her coat off and says come on ladies you 're suppose to be off your hind by two o'clock , leaving here at two |
| 30 | Erm , therefore we , to all intents and purposes , can not actually control the demand at that level , demand will be set by the people committing themselves to the health service , where the health service are assessing their needs , and saying this patient needs nursing home care . |