Example sentences of "[noun pl] say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Piers said in alarm . |
| 32 | Later in the year he will again keep all-night vigil in a couple of the NorthEast castles said to be haunted . |
| 33 | ‘ Estrangement from JM almost complete , ’ Vaughan wrote in his journal , ‘ scarcely ever meet — only amicable , rather strained pleasantries to say to each other . |
| 34 | indeed visiting headteachers said to the young teachers from university , polytechnic and college courses in September 1989 , ‘ You tell us about it — inevitably you have had more time to learn about it than we have . ’ |
| 35 | The United Nations said on Tuesday that three single-engined propeller-driven craft — one biplane and two monoplanes — dropped bombs last Saturday on two villages south-east of the besieged Muslim town of Srebrenica . |
| 36 | But that is all : the Act fails to incorporate other safeguards said to be embodied in the pre-statutory warrant procedures . |
| 37 | David Watson has some wise words to say on the matter in his One in the Spirit ( p. 54ff ) . |
| 38 | Perhaps ‘ Thank you ’ and ‘ Sorry ’ , so easy to say to a stranger , are two of the most difficult words to say to our nearest and dearest . |
| 39 | ‘ Sir — You are an Anti-Reformer — and therefore we have a few words to say to you — When the news reached Glasgow of the defeat of the Reform Bill , did you attend the Royal Exchange Rooms ? |
| 40 | I 've got two words to say to you , and she said them and put the phone down . |
| 41 | He did have good words to say for its menfolk ; ‘ … sturdy and bold , honest and sagacious ’ . |
| 42 | On the forming of clear ideas , Gassendi has some good words to say about Bacon . |
| 43 | Wisden had some strong words to say about the fourth game , back in Trinidad : ‘ England put up a performance which exposed to the crowd of 21,000 what depths of incompetence they had reached … after two days off following the Test defeat , the first practice was made optional — and Gower himself was one of the six who failed to attend . ’ |
| 44 | Jesus had these words to say about his followers ' mourning : |
| 45 | Mr Wesley had kindly words to say about the people of the little town and neighbourhood and there is no harm in reminding ourselves of what he thought about or predecessors : ‘ They have in general the finest natural tempers I ever knew ; they have the softness and courtesy of the Irish , with the seriousness of the Scotch and the openness of the English . ’ |
| 46 | The unusually benevolent Mr Smith had strong words to say about them : |
| 47 | The inspector may have a few unkind words to say about the CEGB 's case , especially its economics , but it will , in all probability , be pretty tame stuff . |
| 48 | He has harsh words to say about eclecticism . |
| 49 | Niki acknowledges that they were never friends ; he also has kind words to say about Clay being a good , steady driver and so on . |
| 50 | He has a few sharp words to say about smoking on page 18 — definitely NOT an ingredient of a healthy lifestyle in his professional book . |
| 51 | Kauntze had some harsh words to say about the St Leger entry system and it seems as if this will be renewed for next year . |
| 52 | Kauntze had some harsh words to say about the St Leger entry system and it seems as if this will be renewed for next year . |
| 53 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ I hope she 'll be lucky , ’ the wife of one of the brothers said without any feeling . |
| 55 | Include a visit to Hound Tor with the fantastic rocky shapes said to be dogs converted to stone by witches . |
| 56 | What would animals say about us if they could speak , what would they do to us if they have the chance ? |
| 57 | The trouble is that the awful things parents say about their children , often repeated , not usually ‘ meant ’ except in the heat of the moment , tend to stick . |
| 58 | Now my Lord the defendants say of course , that they were never asked by the plaintiff to get him out of the contract so that the duty er never arose . |
| 59 | Peskibe continues to thrive , operational profits there are now well over a million a week and I think it 's worth remembering that one subscriber may have three subscriptions say to two movie channels and one sports channels and if you count these individually , it means that we now have four point nine million subscriptions achieved during the second worst recession , recession this century . |
| 60 | As Meaulnes says in a letter to Seurel , death alone will give him ‘ the key , the sequence and the end of this adventure that failed ’ . |