Example sentences of "say something about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , although the polls have only just closed , I think that , on the basis of a sample of the replies to our invitations , we can make a projection about the number of people coming to this party and also say something about the ‘ social mix ’ . |
| 2 | The conductor would smile , give us a pat on the head , and say something about ‘ nice looking kids ’ . |
| 3 | Say something about Jesus sometime ! |
| 4 | ‘ I usually say something about going for boldness and colour , but that is really a question of choosing artists by their style . ’ |
| 5 | They say something about the faith necessary for Christian belief in Jesus . |
| 6 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 7 | In making such a statement , evidently , one is not addressing oneself in thought to any specific individual or group of individuals ; although , as will be shown later ( see Chapter 13 ) , one does by implication say something about the class of man-like things , viz. that every single one of its members , no matter how many of them there are , is as a matter of fact man-like . |
| 8 | It follows that , in offering a view of the cultural characteristics of higher education , we must also keep an eye on the wider culture and say something about their interconnections . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just that a few days ago I heard one of our members say something about Connie . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean , did n't the last husband say something about ‘ Lose the fat or lose me ’ ? |
| 11 | Say something about the death , about Hilary 's death . |
| 12 | ‘ I heard that chap Simmons say something about you getting into Hugh 's rooms , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | But Housman did in fact say something about " Diffugere nives " — had said it , when the poet in him pre-empted the professor : he translated it into English verse , and in doing so produced a text that in its beauties or its blunders ( as perceived by diverse readers ) strikingly exemplifies a phenomenon , not exactly translation and not purely creative invention , called by our literary ancestors " Englishing " . |
| 14 | Well , go on , say something about it , it |
| 15 | now before I say something about er about er contemporary federalism , let me just er put the other side of the case for a moment . |
| 16 | It 's not Willie it 's all the time every week you say something about something . |
| 17 | It 's not Willie it 's all the time every week you say something about something . |
| 18 | Do you have any indication of its source , and say something about the background of people . |
| 19 | Then he says something about the formal appeal of this sculpture to twentieth-century Western taste , because of its freedom from the canon of realism : |
| 20 | Imre Makowecz 's Hungarian pavilion , all timber and looking like a rustic church , is original , economical and ( most important ) says something about Hungary . |
| 21 | The Yorkshire wool trade gave rise to a good deal of flamboyant building , which says something about the nature of Yorkshiremen as well as about the immense wealth of the industry . |
| 22 | This account says something about the nature of invention . |
| 23 | There are some good points made here and there ; Bly points out that fathers in US sitcoms are often portrayed as incompetent , in comparison with their wives , which says something about the way the American man sees himself . |
| 24 | If a male customer my age is addressed as sir while I am love , that surely says something about the relative respect in which we are held . |
| 25 | ‘ Deputies in Scotland are the tier to recruit from , so presumably that says something about what they did n't want , ’ said one rejected applicant . |
| 26 | It also says something about the shortcomings of Mr Aznar . |
| 27 | It 's not to late to book I think it says something about surcharge after sixth of March or something on the form does n't it ? |
| 28 | In a nationwide poll conducted in the second week after the massacre , the question was asked : ‘ Some people believe that this tragedy says something about the problem of male violence towards women . |
| 29 | According to Hockett , a distinction can be made between the topic and the comment in a sentence , in that ‘ the speaker announces a topic and then says something about it … |
| 30 | I call that a restricted international perspective because it does not explain or attempt to explain how production is organized internationally and , to my mind , a theory can not do that unless it says something about the changes in the organization of labour that go along with innovations in machinery , transport , instruments and products . |