Example sentences of "say [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cigarettes were passed to Mr Say during the day .
2 And you know what they say about every cloud having a silver lining — well could young Joey Beecham be United 's ray of hope ?
3 But that did mean she was also between me and Prentice , who was hovering trying to cut off my retreat as well , so maybe it 's true what they say about every silver lining having a cloud .
4 Powerless : David Ralston is furious that he has no say about a water main across his farm , next to the Balmore treatment plant seen in the background
5 He can be talking , say about a well , you know , about any er , about sa say a , a video recorder or something like that
6 ‘ It was n't a hang-on or hang-in performance and it bears out what I say about an improvement here . ’
7 Listen to what Gabe Mirkin and Martshall Hoffmann in The Sportsmedicine Book say about the athlete 's heart :
8 He needs not to forget that there are demonic forces in the universe whatever people say about the existence of the devil .
9 Whatever they say about the law being on the landlord 's side , if they wo n't go , the law wo n't make them .
10 ‘ I 've wondered about the implications of the placing of the head in the font , ’ Theodora said thoughtfully , ‘ and what you say about the possibility of its being a symbolic gesture .
11 The Minister is attempting to paint a comprehensive picture of what those in industry and commerce in Northern Ireland say about the privatisation , but what about the views of the Northern Ireland Economic Council ?
12 What does the environment you work in say about the company and its attitude towards employees ?
13 Chimpanzees for instance have enormous canine teeth , but the males have them and not the females , so the idea here is that normally a big canine tooth , a sexually dimorphic canine tooth is probably related to inter-male conflict , rather than to killing and , and whether , how that affects your er what you say about the spacing I 'm not sure , but certainly it would be a safe erm generalization to say normally big canines are an aspect of sexual dimorphism and in mammals are very common .
14 You say about the Moat House being expensive , well it might be expensive to you or I as an individual , but when you 're negotiating conference rates in the area it is actually cheap and very suitable .
15 And If what you say about the state of his finances is true then he 'd have every reason for faking his death to escape the music .
16 ‘ And I do n't care what people say about the age difference .
17 As you say about the interlock .
18 The things people say about the book business .
19 Did you hear my teacher say about the book ?
20 The second question was : If everything is determined by some fundamental theory , then what we say about the theory is also determined by the theory — and why should it be determined to be correct , rather than just plain wrong or irrelevant ?
21 What are many of these questions measuring and how significant is the data , say as a guide to behaviour or as an influence on voting ?
22 Swindon say as a player he is worth a million pounds , and they should be compensated accordingly .
23 This new use meant a severe criticism of the earlier knowledge , since Marx believed that the studies he was using had originally been made for exactly the opposite purpose to his ; they had been made in order to justify the oppression which Marx say as the core of the capitalist system .
24 A group of villagers had spent the evening in the Red Lion , and after closing time Young did the run in the nude , some reports say as the result of a bet .
25 Let Liberals and Conservatives take office under him without prejudice to their party allegiance- but let the leaders stand out , keeping their party machinery intact , and promise support say for a year only .
26 The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over .
27 The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over .
28 ‘ No , I was only thinking about all those prayers we say for the conversion of China .
29 Many of us look forward to that festive season and yet say after the event , ‘ I am glad that is over . ’
30 so erm , and it said to me , erm , say after the beep , and I did n't understand quite where the beep was , right .
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