Example sentences of "say the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It splits up , some of it will go there , there , there , as you say the least of it will go down this high resistance . |
| 2 | So say the dozens of famous men and women who 've signed the advertisement due to appear in tomorrow 's Times . |
| 3 | King : They say the same of me , and always will In England , where to excel is still a crime . |
| 4 | They say the same about computer science degrees . |
| 5 | WHEN THE GODS WERE ASKED TO NAME AN AUSPICIOUS DAY FOR the sheep to go south to Aula for the six months of winter , they had said the twenty-second of Kārtik , November the sixth . |
| 6 | But then , you 'd have said the same about Crippen or Christie , would n't you ? |
| 7 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 8 | But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly . |
| 9 | I 've said the same to meself , but the way we are fixed … well , we could n't do much else . ’ |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal had earlier said the same in Potger ( 1970 ) 55 Cr App R 42 . |
| 11 | Graeme Souness said that Bruce Grobbelaar is the best sweeper , but Don Howe says the same about me . |
| 12 | It 's nothing personal , she says the same to everyone . ’ |
| 13 | True — but can you imagine saying the same after a performance of Don Giovanni or Tchai 4 ? |
| 14 | ‘ He was not always so , ’ said the greatest of those he had yet alienated and turned into enemies . |
| 15 | ‘ Made you jump , did n't I ? ’ said the bigger of the two boys . |
| 16 | ‘ So you 've made one of your sponges , ’ said the latter in a patronising tone . |
| 17 | You said the first of March ? |
| 18 | Mrs Whitehouse , 80 , head of the National Viewers and Listeners Association , said the second of Ken Russell 's four-part £4m adaption of D H Lawrence 's novel was ‘ a shocking waste of money . ’ |
| 19 | I said the second of March |
| 20 | " I shall write only that which was written last year and the year before that , " said the Annamese with a sarcastic smile . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's only joking , Luigi , ’ said the smaller of the two girls , a red-head . |
| 22 | He said the thousands of get-well messages had been helping him recover from 17 days in a coma after a car crash . |
| 23 | ‘ Gerrart-of-it ! ’ said the larger of the two , moving purposively towards me . |
| 24 | ‘ I am called Hope , ’ said the larger of the two girls , tossing back her hair . |
| 25 | ( The same critic said the same of Little Big Man . ) |
| 26 | He said the same to all bereaved . |
| 27 | I said the same to Mr. Middlemass . " |
| 28 | I said the same to one of his boys when he was here . ’ |
| 29 | You said the three of you . ’ |
| 30 | As to genius , ‘ Reynolds ’ opinion was that Genius may be taught & that all Pretense to Inspiration is a Lie & a Deceit , to say the least of it . |