Example sentences of "say it [vb past] me " in BNC.
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1 | When you say it cost me an arm and a leg , you 're thinking in word pictures if you like it 's a metaphor and er in the in the picture it 's by the er Long John by the Long John Silver figure having not only one leg , but also one arm as well . |
2 | With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one . |
3 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
4 | I am not ashamed to say it brought me close to tears . |
5 | When we were making the recording I have to say it made me feel completely happy ; it is a piece which has such perfection of form . |
6 | But I must say how said it made me to hear of the death of Walter the Gardener . |
7 | Even the way he said it made me mad ; so calm about it . |
8 | What she said and how she said it made me feel like a child . |
9 | I was staggered , but I ca n't say it made me feel wretched . |
10 | I would n't have cared to live under the rule of Fagg myself , but I ca n't say it worried me that these people were getting short rations . |
11 | ‘ I did n't say it bothered me , ’ she denied softly as she sipped at her wine . |
12 | ‘ I did n't say it gave me no satisfaction . ’ |