Example sentences of "him [prep] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course he should , you ought to just ask him for say a hundred , you know to buy a couple of packs of nappies and some cream and changing mat , a changing bag , you 'll want all that wo n't you ? |
| 2 | She wanted to hit him for saying that to her . |
| 3 | I loved him for saying that , for trying to cheer me up . |
| 4 | It tries to deduce what , if anything , the author has to say , and then nags him into saying it clearly . |
| 5 | We think we should not accept ‘ I like Auntie Kate ’ as a valid communication unless we allow for an answer to the question , ‘ How does he know ? ’ or ‘ What observation justifies him in saying that ? ’ |
| 6 | I join him in saying that the enforcement of law and order in the Province of Northern Ireland lies with Her Majesty 's Government , the Chief Constable and those who support him . |
| 7 | Robin Leigh-Pemberton told a Commons committee that banking laws prevented him from saying anything about the case of the Fayed brothers , the owners of Harrods , strongly criticised by official inspectors for their behaviour in acquiring the store in 1985 . |
| 8 | Heinrich in fact had plenty of money , and his own chequebook , but his delicacy , responding to Martha 's pride , prevented him from saying so . |
| 9 | It does not , however , prevent him from saying that now , in this tract — this is from the doctrine and discipline of divorce — ‘ The duty and right of an instructed Christian calls me , through the chance of good or even report , to be the sole advocate of a discountenanced truth . |
| 10 | Tom looked at him without saying anything . |
| 11 | Carrie asked them anxiously , and they only said that they had not seen him without saying how ridiculous the question was . |
| 12 | How could Binyon have failed to remember this , when Pound complimented him by saying , ‘ He has carefully preserved all the faults of his original ’ ? |
| 13 | Sean always had his wits about him and had tried to placate him by saying there was nothing they were doing at Rafferty 's Bar that would offend a brother , or would concern a policeman . |
| 14 | I made it easier for him by saying I was n't tired , I wanted to stay up and star-gaze , and anyway the sofa in the living area was very comfortable . |
| 15 | Houston police are trying to find a man who has succeeded in getting teenage girls to pose nude for him by saying they will appear in a music video for NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK . |
| 16 | I will further provoke him by saying that anchor-man is a most fitting name for his role in the relay team . |
| 17 | The trouble is that there are so many ways of continuing , so many alternatives and possibilities , that it would be wrong to advise him by saying that one procedure is better than another . |
| 18 | A visiting seyh , seeing his sad plight , comforted him by saying that he would achieve high rank and that his brothers would stand in his presence among the servants and slaves . |
| 19 | Luke 's arms came round her as if she had summoned him by saying his name , and she could n't continue . |
| 20 | When one player meets another he challenges him by saying , ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 22 | Andrew Richens was 17 when he stabbed William Choi , who he claimed had boasted of having sex with his girlfriend and had taunted him by saying she had probably never had a real man before . |