Example sentences of "say [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The captain of the second ship liberated his prisoners , some say out of compassion and sympathy for their cause , others say due to the influence of members of the Scottish nobility in London . |
| 2 | ‘ I bet you say that to all the jockeys . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Believe me when I say that to you . |
| 4 | ‘ You say that to me ! |
| 5 | I never like it when people say that to you . |
| 6 | I bet you say that to all the ladies ! ’ |
| 7 | And that was before , halfway to the door , he turned and flicked a glance at her still flushed face , then fired , sarcastically , cruelly , ‘ With regard to your being a virgin , sweetheart , I 'll bet you say that to all your lovers ! ’ |
| 8 | Coaching also means insisting at housegroup level that if someone makes a commitment to the group and does n't live up to it that they say Sorry to the group about it . |
| 9 | She 'd wanted me to come to Lochgair and say sorry to him there , but I had begged for mercy , and — rather to my surprise — been granted it . |
| 10 | Gilbert , ’ she said , ‘ say good-afternoon to Alice … ’ |
| 11 | And I say this to you : You are Peter the Rock ; and on this rock I will build my church , and the powers of death shall never conquer it . |
| 12 | Now we never set up questions on the show — we 'll discuss areas that we might go into , but we never say , ‘ You say this to me , and then I 'll say that to you ’ , it just does n't work like that . |
| 13 | When the Opposition try to throw back at us arguments about increasing accountability , I say this to them . |
| 14 | They say this to the very people who have been the bedrock of this organization , the very people that built the organization . |
| 15 | Well , I suppose that er er i it i it is a barrier of some , some sort , some sort , but it does n't strike me as being a very strong one , er and all of this you see is and I say this to Noble Lords in all parts of the House , all of this is part of the continuing destruction of local authorities |
| 16 | I say this to all of them . ’ |
| 17 | It could be that a firm may only be able to say with any certainty that it expects the rate of return on an investment project to be within a particular range , say 10 to 15 per cent . |
| 18 | The King 's College researchers say three to four weekly sessions ‘ getting mildly breathless ’ is about all that 's needed to keep mother and baby fit before the birth . |
| 19 | I , I , I was supposed to have a lift , and erm I was waiting like I say ten to five we knock off half one you see and the guy never turned up , the car was there but |
| 20 | Moving averages would normally be used for short term forecasting , perhaps up to a maximum of a few ( say 3 to 6 ) months ahead . |
| 21 | Hold the camcorder to one subject at a time , starting a new shot every time you change to a new subject ; each of these shots could be of say five to ten seconds duration . |
| 22 | They say contrary to reports that they have required psychiatric intervention , they have neither sought nor received any counselling . |
| 23 | What you 're saying , essentially , is that if you just automatically put a bet on every outsider with long odds , say twenty to one or something , through an entire season , you 're going to end up by losing money overall . |
| 24 | This was particularly the case with patients who had been given methadone reduction over a relatively long period of time , say two to three months . |
| 25 | when you say new to the business do you mean new in terms of employment as opposed to say graduates from Queen Margaret or Napier or anywhere else ? |
| 26 | She says that to half the town . |
| 27 | And he 'd never said that to her before . |
| 28 | Not that she had said that to Dr. Saxby . |
| 29 | He would never have said that to anyone living . |
| 30 | Had he said that to Hepzibah ? |