Example sentences of "[vb mod] say a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll keep the technical details to a minimum , but I must say a word or two about Carvin 's ‘ Tube Cascade ’ principle . |
| 2 | And not one of us must say a word about what we have found . ’ |
| 3 | I think that I should say a word about the respective roles of Parliament and the courts . |
| 4 | Maybe she should say a prayer herself . |
| 5 | Perhaps I should say a little bit more about the Phoenix Centre for the benefit of those of you who are unfamiliar with Lewes . |
| 6 | Erm I 'll turn that over erm right and I 'll say a number and you tell me what number you 'd have to add to it to make it up to ten . |
| 7 | One must be worthy , an intense purity and refinement of thought is required , even one might say a kind of holiness . ’ |
| 8 | It is a safety valve , you might say a brothel of the mind . |
| 9 | Before anyone could say a word he had turned on his heel and strode off looking to left and right as he went . |
| 10 | Before Cowley could say a word , he had left the Intensive Care room and was pounding along the corridor to the front exit of the Hospital . |
| 11 | But before she could say a word that 'un came rushin' in . ’ |
| 12 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 13 | And so before he could say a word , she rushed on . |
| 14 | Before Mum or Dad could say a word , Natalie was jumping around the hall , singing , ‘ I 'm a Rainbow , I 'm a Rainbow ! ’ much to the amusement of all my Brownie friends . |
| 15 | ‘ You could say a word to Dersingham . |
| 16 | She had to call on acting powers she 'd never known she possessed to face Marianne calmly , but before she could say a word there was a knock on the door and Josh 's friendly , bearded face appeared . |
| 17 | ‘ Inherited wealth ! ’ said Ellen when they got home , before Bernard could say a word . |
| 18 | Then , before Ronni could say a word , she was heading , laughing , for the door . |
| 19 | And before Leith could say a word to lessen his agitation , ‘ Heaven alone knows what chance I 've got with Rosemary now , but she 'd finish with me for sure , I know she would , if anyone else knew about us ! ’ |
| 20 | Sophie gasped with pleasure , but before she could say a word , Helen laughed . |
| 21 | Fabia got out , then found that before she could say a word , Ven was escorting her inside the hotel and waiting with her while she collected her room key . |
| 22 | Ari tried to wriggle away from him a little , somehow annoyed he could say a thing like that at a time like this . |
| 23 | I could say a lot about ho , but anyway we started this and we used to go to the I L P , and we used to get packed meetings there on a Sunday night , and s then about nineteen , course we had the general strike , and through the general strike we was both in the I L P and we were doing everything we could you know , distributing the illegal leaflets , and er newspapers that we duplicated , on a hand duplicator . |
| 24 | ‘ Yet , ’ Moreau was saying , ‘ I suppose you could say a soldier has more need of a religious faith than most . |
| 25 | Leonora huddled in a little heap on the sofa , pleading for coffee before she 'd say a word . |
| 26 | But I 'd say a crusade was something you came home from for Arnie it was a way of life . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd say a year or two at the most , ’ Belinda put in. — When Tom whispered , ‘ As long as that ? ’ in her ear so that only she could hear , she turned her face up to his for his kiss and blessed Deana Davenport and her ill-natured tongue from the bottom of her heart . |
| 28 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 29 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 30 | ( 67 ) I should like to see them dare say a word against me . |