Example sentences of "[verb] him say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Ida 's rung to say that er our buyers have just rung him to say they 've a , got the cash , agreed and its all sorted out . |
| 2 | I had recommended him to say he was considering his position and no more . |
| 3 | She would n't have expected him to say anything else . |
| 4 | But after a while his father stopped him to say he was not singing what he had been taught . |
| 5 | He kept a tantalizing silence until she prodded him to say what he was looking for . |
| 6 | ‘ Nothing in this marvellous list ’ says Milton ‘ was as fine as Eden ’ and of course it hurts him to say it , and I do n't think it 's far fetched to detect that hurt and pain of that great sacrifice that John Milton is making in the rhythm when we read ‘ Might with this paradise of Eden strive ’ , or in the fact that he ca n't stop there , because I did n't — as you will have realized from Bentley 's comment — I did n't read you the whole passage . |
| 7 | Yeah well we would n't expect him to say anything else really . |
| 8 | But on spying Mitchell 's cherubic features , the proprietor refused to serve him saying he had received instructions by ‘ phone not to . |
| 9 | ‘ Never let him say we starve our visitors , expected or unexpected . |
| 10 | ‘ Let him say his piece , ’ Agnes said . |
| 11 | Luce was about to ask him what he meant , when she recalled him saying his father 's marriage had been arranged , and had n't proved a happy one , and bit her tongue . |
| 12 | We saw him in action in South Africa for the World XV in 1989 and the guys who faced him said he is the best in the business . ’ |
| 13 | People who did n't like him said he was very sarcastic , but he always seemed to me to be a most sensitive and competent man . |
| 14 | Yeah , probably , me and this other mate he 'd a , did a , I can , I can remember him saying something about I 'll race yeah , it , like I remember just remember him , me and him run running down ramps and stuff trying to get back down to the ground floor , so . |
| 15 | I do n't remember him saying anything . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't remember him saying anything about a job . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know her name but I can remember him saying it . |
| 18 | But the hair on the back of her neck prickled to hear him saying it so calmly . |
| 19 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's Thursday , is n't it ? ’ he whispered , and it was strange to hear him say something so ordinary . |
| 21 | I was amazed to hear him say he did two hours ‘ warming-up ’ exercises before he did his muscle-building stuff . |
| 22 | She did n't want to hear him say it ; it would only drive the pain she felt deeper into the heart . |
| 23 | Also , he had kept her waiting at the Old Mitre and she would have preferred him to say everything then , or telephone now , rather than trail after her . |
| 24 | Well anything , you never know you know , get him to say he 's jealous of er David Jason 's success or you know . |
| 25 | SHe heard him laugh , heard him say something . |
| 26 | She felt rather than heard him say her name . |
| 27 | My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government 's policy . |
| 28 | I heard him say he was your demon lover . |
| 29 | ‘ You heard him say I 'd go to England too . |
| 30 | Right , the story 's building up to a sort of crescendo erm the the Sanhedrin was saying he heard him say I will tear down this temple which men have made and after three days I will build one that is not made by men with our hindsight , with our knowledge of what went on . |