Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then the Holy Spirit will give them words to say . |
| 2 | For instance , my notes say that in research on oaf , fine threads from newly-hatched spiders were wound on frames to catch bacteria . |
| 3 | I thought the newt or the Knifefish might be eating the fish , but one of my books says they are community fish , and another says they are not . |
| 4 | Then I said , or perhaps one of my voices said it for me , " I do n't know . |
| 5 | Most of my clients say that . |
| 6 | My supporters said " Sanders went to fight and Plummer did not . " |
| 7 | I look all over my face , at my eyes , I try to see what my eyes say . |
| 8 | However , when I make these comparisons across the Atlantic , I can almost hear my readers saying : " plate tectonics " . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ I can hear my readers saying , ‘ but you can not possibly suppose that all the totalitarian states which have come into existence in times ancient and modern have been the result of faulty socialization and nothing more . ’ |
| 10 | And , as one of my brothers said , if you took it for a walk it panted . |
| 11 | I rang my parents to say where I was . |
| 12 | It 's just I , I was sitting here , have n't phoned my parents to say I got back here alright . |
| 13 | Says David Stokes : ‘ My parents said they would by them for me when the time was right but I would be too embarrassed to ask . |
| 14 | Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was two months pregnant and my parents said I 'd brought shame on their house and they kicked me out . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll erm , I 'll venture and , and my parents said yes , that would be alright and so er so I came along and erm of course , it happened that he was in the he was in the forge talking to Hector on the first evening I came and that was how we met . |
| 17 | I know , everyone was just going then erm I told my m my er parents and my parents said to me go and tell your house master so I told |
| 18 | ‘ You make my parents say very interesting things , ’ she said to Eve one afternoon as they sat in Benny 's bedroom , and Eve marvelled over being allowed to use an electric fire all for themselves . |
| 19 | My grandparents said they could n't afford it . |
| 20 | erm it does n't give an answer , but if you could the only answer it could give is that what my tables say is wrong . |
| 21 | So my predecessors said we must face the sad business of obliging people to return home . |
| 22 | I remember being shocked at one time when I heard one of my predecessors say that his objective as chairman was to retain our position as a private company operating on a world basis in the chemical sector . |
| 23 | One of my patients said to me recently about the Scarsdale Two-On-One-Off combination , ‘ Dr Tarnower , this is the ultimate lifetime program . |
| 24 | All my passengers say they hope Labour do n't get in . |
| 25 | See what my stars say . |
| 26 | Well , my stars say if you find yourself at a low ebb this weekend do n't worry . |
| 27 | One of my friends said he was a romantic boy who thought he bore a charmed life , but I argued that this was a superficial judgment . |
| 28 | All my friends said , ‘ Oh , my God ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ My friends said I could n't get it done from a wax impression . |
| 30 | My friends said she 's trouble and the last thing I should have done was let her move in and I was a bloody fool not to believe them . |