Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] say that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not say that all they did was bad . |
| 2 | He went on to say that another enduring reality lies in America 's interests across the Atlantic — expanding the definition of across-the-Atlantic to include the Middle East , both because of its considerable economic resources and because it was home to some of ‘ our closest friends ’ . |
| 3 | Even Darwin admitted that his confidence was tested when he contemplated the vertebrate eye , although he went on to say that this was more a failure of the imagination than of the intellect . |
| 4 | Describing himself as ‘ instinctively uneasy ’ , he went on to say that this case could not be used as a precedent by people who want to push the boundaries of life and death still further in the direction of euthanasia . |
| 5 | He went on to say that this was an essential requirement to justify continued detention under the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 . |
| 6 | But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do . |
| 7 | Erm he did n't say that that 'll all be no doubt he 'll have all sorts of notes and that er |