Example sentences of "say [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's permanently overcast , with frequent squalls of rain that burns like acid , more deadly even than the stuff that history says helped to kill Old Earth . |
| 2 | Cadogan says ferried to question this man till he 's dry , question him to death if necessary , but I 've already spoken to him for hours . |
| 3 | It was a stupid idea but nothing she said seemed to make any difference . |
| 4 | I , no , that was , that was where where erm cos it is a , it was a chapel but erm that 's where old Chaucer used to keep all poetry and in his collection like he had erm cold water he said used to keep that by his side , by his bed |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ she said trying to sound confident . |