Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] say [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But none of it was true — she 'd only said it to cover her own growing confusion , a confusion she now realised had come out of what she 'd begun to feel for him . |
| 2 | Someone 's phoned in to say they found it on the grass . |
| 3 | I did n't get caught on somebody coming , when I came out saying who did you vote for ? |
| 4 | Mm , I 'm not sure about them you 'll have the headmaster turning up say I recognize everyone here |
| 5 | She even had the cheek to go around saying she had it . ’ |
| 6 | And they kept on saying I know I know I know I know . |
| 7 | But he went on to say he knew I 'd spent the night at your place . |
| 8 | I 've tried not to say I love you — ’ |
| 9 | A few chroniclers report the events of the war but they do not say what caused it . |
| 10 | I think she sort of she she she did n't say she said she 's not allowed er she 's not allowed to have chicken and cucumber . |
| 11 | He did n't say he loved her but , " I think we 're going to love each other , Lyn . " |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't say it gave me no satisfaction . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't say it bothered me , ’ she denied softly as she sipped at her wine . |
| 14 | So , if erm so your , your , your principal complaint , I maybe wrong it maybe not your principal , look at page a hundred and twenty seven for your assistance , erm standard form of agreements restricted competitions , the service of the petitions or the agents provided so this is names and thereby restrict the competition as the agents them say erm then impose on that it was a regime etcetera , erm that the , the competitive the anti competitive one is your sub paragraph one is n't it ? , on page one , two , seven your saying look here is a of , of dictated through their bi-laws , a standard form that all agents must use , you say , erm , er that that restricts competition because it means that agents are free , or as free as they ought to be , erm to compete with each other or providing services to outside names , I follow that , I did n't say I except it , but I follow that entirely , erm , but does n't , does n't , if you 're right does n't it follow that the agreements are void ? |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't say I disliked him . |
| 16 | just hope I did n't say anything to offend you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't say he killed them too . ’ |
| 18 | So they do n't say you know it , it 's like in York you 'll have it worse than somewhere like here cos we can see the careers officers running around |
| 19 | Do n't say you left them behind ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Promise me one thing : do n't say you love me . ’ |
| 21 | Mother ( Julia Marquis , to you ) dashes in and out — ‘ Cuttings from the Gazette about Job Opportunities — my god , those files , do n't say I left them round at Jessica 's , they 're vital for today 's meeting on the new Scheme for Unemployables . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't say I knew what was happening , but , whatever it was , it was real . |
| 23 | you do n't say I want my house sold full stop , cos they 'll make you that |
| 24 | I 'll have a go , it does n't , I do n't say I do it right , but I 'll have a go |
| 25 | Well I 'd never seen them , I do n't say it turned you on but it made you |
| 26 | Macbeth defends but at the same time accuses himself ; ‘ Thou canst not say I did it : never shake/Thy gory locks at me ’ ( 50f . ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've already said I admire your ambition . |
| 28 | He does not say I know what I have believed but he says , I know whom I have believed . |
| 29 | ‘ Naked I was sent back ’ , he says at one point ( recalling the story of Scyld ) , but he does not say who sent him . |
| 30 | ‘ But you 've always said you loved it . ’ |