Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've heard them say if the owners gave them their fare home from Lowestoft to Darsham , that 's all they had . |
| 2 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 3 | Yes er what what er the pitch I think in fact I 've heard them say this er because I 've been out with two of the top fliers up here |
| 4 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 5 | You must have heard me say them . |
| 6 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |
| 7 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |
| 8 | If you make the same mistake , er , you have to buy another set , and I double the price for people who have heard me say do n't do this , er , and lie low , you know in the first three months , because I believe in penalising stupidity . |
| 9 | And , that again , might be me but many of you when you 've heard me say it in a service I 've ended up with my asking at the end of a sermon asking the congregation to smile . |
| 10 | Why have you heard me say it before today Seems strange that they need to throw out those old curb stones , you 'd of imagined they could of used them again , would n't you ? |
| 11 | The initial response of Bishop Crowley immediately after his appointment was ‘ Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here ’ . |
| 12 | The same officer who had let him say goodbye to his friend Boris , but she did n't tell him that . |
| 13 | But you 've made me say things much better left unsaid . |
| 14 | Er now this is interesting because this is not a representative cross section of er , of women in Scotland , but its an average gathering together , not chosen for any reason other than some are interested er , some come from er no particular background , but sixty two of this hundred have said yes , they have been a victim of crime , those of you had said yes , what , what , what experiences have you had that made you say yes ? |
| 15 | What on earth had made him say that ? |
| 16 | Was it just entrepreneur 's hype that had made him say ‘ do n't want to ’ rather than ‘ ca n't ’ ? |
| 17 | People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ That is the very first foolish thing I have ever heard you say , young lady , ’ Mr O'Hara replied with a smile . |
| 19 | Auntie Lou said , louder than before and in a voice that shook with boldness , ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you say it , Samuel . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've heard you say it often enough , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never heard you say anything nice about it . ’ |
| 22 | Well I may have missed something you 've said , but I have n't heard you say fifteen years before . |
| 23 | I 've never heard you say anything so definite before ! ’ |
| 24 | Yeah sort of thing , so I have heard you say only three is that the number of posts they put in ? |
| 25 | So I just get it cos I 've only heard you say that before I do n't actually really know what it meant . |
| 26 | And when they were espoused the King did them great honour , and gave them many noble gifts , and added to Rodrigo 's lands more than he had till then possessed : and he loved him greatly in his heart , because he saw that he was obedient to his commands , and for all that he had heard him say . |
| 27 | ‘ I have heard him say something similar . |
| 28 | Where had she heard him say these things ? |
| 29 | I 've heard him say how he went to sea and he done two voyages . |
| 30 | I 've never heard him say anything like that before . ’ |