Example sentences of "[verb] to say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could you tell her that Mr Warden 's neighbour phoned to say that her uncle 's been taken to hospital ? ’ |
| 2 | Old Mr. Lorrimer phoned to say that his son had n't slept in his bed , so she went tip to see if Lorrimer were here . |
| 3 | She was just on the point of leaving for London when her brother phoned to say that their mother was dying . |
| 4 | SYLVIA MURRAY PHONED TO SAY THAT IN HER LETTER SHE HAS PUT MARCH 17 , AS BEING THE DATE OF THE NEXT RAUCS MEETING , WHEN IN FACT IT SHOULD READ WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH . |
| 5 | Then I hesitate to say that there 's probably a more complex issue now even than the Fire Station , erm , the figures which are given incidentally are the original estimate there , because that was what was available to us at the time . |
| 6 | Chairman , this is not what we , er , agreed before , and it seems to me that there 's been some re-thinking on this , and I hesitate to say that once again , er , members are trying to face all ways because they do n't want to upset somebody , but the policy that we 've had in the past , had total support at property , and it is , it is a policy that has worked . |
| 7 | " But I 've come to say that I told the police station 43 is an agreed squat . |
| 8 | A telephone message may have come to say that a parent has died , a letter saying that a wife is seeking a divorce , but there is nowhere to hide and be alone with sorrow . |
| 9 | A little earlier the mother of Dr Neil 's surgery boy , who carried out the doctor 's errands on the bicycle which lived in the outhouse , had come to say that Eddie had broken his arm and would not be fit to carry out his duties . |
| 10 | 1820 Alter all the labour of " obtaining pint and choppin standard measure out of Stirling castle , which have been proven & marked by the Dean of Guild of Stirling as correct , some of members of this meeting ventured to say that these jugs are composed of tin , and easily dimpled , whereas they are composed of the strongest sheet copper tinned within to prevent corrosion . |
| 11 | Some people ventured to say that Suor Eusebia was one of them , but as everybody had such a very high regard for her they did not pursue the matter further . |
| 12 | He started to try to say that he could not breathe and was put on a ventilator . ’ |
| 13 | They are admittedly themselves valueless and are thrown away and it was for that reason , no doubt , that Upjohn J. was constrained to say that their value lay in the evidence they afforded of success in an advertising campaign . |
| 14 | Frank was successful in getting the job and was given a company car , an old Morris Minor , omitting to say that he was still learning to drive and wife Betty would always have to accompany him . |
| 15 | Alison had rung to say that she was coming up to London for an appointment and could they lunch at a restaurant to which they had both occasionally gone when working at Brentwoods , if they happened to be feeling affluent . |
| 16 | Wally had rung to say that it was black tie , and he 'd forgotten to tell Debbie . |
| 17 | And then Ida 's rung to say that er our buyers have just rung him to say they 've a , got the cash , agreed and its all sorted out . |
| 18 | ‘ I also tried to say that our unity was in the future when we believe that all things will be gathered together and completed in Christ and that therefore our policies of today have to reflect our longings for the future . |
| 19 | I tried to say that I understood , that I 'd felt much the same way when I lost Jess . |
| 20 | He tried to say that Labour would not negotiate . |
| 21 | If he were here to answer the question , I suspect that he would be in considerable difficulty if he tried to say that he continued to oppose those privatisations . |
| 22 | And one has to say that while both Prospero and Gandalf are old men with staffs , Prospero brushes aside the oppositions of reality with an ease which Gandalf is never allowed to aspire to . |
| 23 | However , when this is accepted one has to say that Marx 's humanitarianism is a flawed humanitarianism . |
| 24 | And somebody has to say that under Section fifty four A if this kind of policy exists in the county structure plan it will be extremely difficult for any proposer erm of development outside built-up areas , existing built-up areas , to proceed . |
| 25 | Each time , the review officer asks ‘ is there the evidence ? ’ ; each time he or she is permitted to say that it may be obtained by further questioning . |
| 26 | To protect themselves , they were to be permitted to say that this differential was being implemented ‘ at the Minister 's request ’ . |
| 27 | The question is whether he is in addition permitted to say that , although he was aware that he was causing difficulties , he was doing so from the best of intentions . |
| 28 | I have not wavered in the slightest degree in my attitude to this war , nor have I changed my mind as to the need of a final and complete settlement , but I want to say that in a war in which losses of such terrible magnitude are being imposed on all the Nations it appears to me not only wise but imperative that every country should use its political weapon to supplement all its military organisation , if by so doing it can defeat the enemy . |
| 29 | Make bosses aware of their behaviour by asking : ‘ What is it that you really want to say that you 're covering up with sarcasm ? ’ |
| 30 | But those who find these positions unattractive will have to look further if they want to say that there are such things as knowledge or justified belief . |