Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | my Ian says that , Ian says that |
| 2 | He asked me to marry him , and you know , my heart said yes , this is the one . |
| 3 | True intimacy begins when we cry out to God in the words of Psalm 27 : ‘ My heart says of you , ‘ Seek his face ! ’ |
| 4 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 5 | Now that may sound arrogant and patronising on my part to say so . |
| 6 | If she asks what that is on my chest say it 's a volume thing like a rad say it 's , it 's a radio . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , she is a very kind woman , ’ my mistress said . |
| 8 | I have on my t-shirt saying ‘ Perestroika Hots Fax ’ . |
| 9 | But my ex-husband says I 'm inclined to be intimidating and also I give out powerful signals that I 'm desperate to get another husband . |
| 10 | Copper still would n't move but my vet said it was important to get him to his box away from the flies . |
| 11 | Laura Channing was about to be blackmailed , and my money said Vecchi was the would-be collector on that deal , too . |
| 12 | For instance , my notes say that in research on oaf , fine threads from newly-hatched spiders were wound on frames to catch bacteria . |
| 13 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 14 | Cos I 've already sussed Jim out anyway cos he said it was on my contract saying I had to do the four hours . |
| 15 | We accept what they say , but if we talk about our homes — my mum said this or I cooked this — they hardly understand what we are saying . |
| 16 | My mum said Dad was angry with me because he ‘ knew how men think ’ . |
| 17 | I can remember the very first time it happened — I was out walking the dog with my mum and a car tooted at us , and my mum said , ‘ Oh , someone thinks your bottom 's nice ’ . |
| 18 | My Mum said I was too easily led |
| 19 | One day my mum said to me , ‘ You 're going to be in trouble before long . |
| 20 | But after they found out I was sleeping with my boyfriend , my mum said she was n't going to put me on the Pill because it was the easiest way out . |
| 21 | My mum said to me , " You 've left once , you might as well stay out . " |
| 22 | They did n't hurt exactly , it was more of a niggly pain but I worked it out to about once every four minutes or so and my mum said we 'd better ring the hospital . |
| 23 | One Sunday when our relatives were visiting , the whole family was sitting around the table enjoying a lovely roast dinner when my mum said to my elderly gran : ‘ Mum , is your dinner all right ? ’ |
| 24 | " Becky , " my mum said . |
| 25 | But then my mum said , in a timorous voice , ‘ Do you mean Nelly Woodhouse that was with the Guardian Building Society ? ’ |
| 26 | And my mum said to Adrian I do n't like you sleeping down here . |
| 27 | And the other one , seeing as it was like September October , getting cold , my mum said well the bed 's empty , you might as well come in for the winter and stay here . |
| 28 | I know , but my mum said |
| 29 | Well , my mum said he should put them through the letter box . |
| 30 | want that , I mean as my mum said , I 'm looking for a |