Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [indef pn] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean I think Gill sort of worries the fact I think she 's , I mean nobody said she 'd be in there till Christmas . |
| 2 | Well that one , I mean everybody said oh that 's too near to the main road so if that was too near to the main road so will this one be . |
| 3 | The sleeves and shoulders are very sloping — can you see it 's sort of , the line 's gone very drooping , I mean somebody said it gave the impression of melting butter , and , and that 's really the sort of figure that you 've got . |
| 4 | Confident youth may never imagine a world like this in a million Sundays , but these pictures tell it like it is for by far the majority of us at one time or other ; and I defy anyone to say that it could not be them — be they so lucky as still to be climbing when approaching 80 . |
| 5 | ‘ We are expecting nobody , ’ I hear someone say , but the silhouette at the door , like an exclamation mark at the end of a command , demands attention . |
| 6 | And I remember somebody saying that my trumpet and the coffee and tea I 'd got as Christmas presents were all stashed in Dod 's van . |
| 7 | I guess everyone said it is 95 per cent curable ; the treatment is good ; you are making a good recovery . |
| 8 | And er I think somebody said to me beware of the man who wears a dicky bow during the day . |
| 9 | I think somebody said it 's mad the way they try and |
| 10 | And I think somebody said people read them out . |
| 11 | I think everyone says the three-day week produced some remarkable results and I think that side of things continues to be run very well indeed . |
| 12 | But I mean , I 've nobody said go there so I thought |
| 13 | ‘ I told you , I 've nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 14 | But , for the second weekend in a row , Blissett insisted : ‘ I 've nothing to say . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've nothing to say , sir . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've nothing to say to you . |
| 17 | But if it 's a lie , then you 'll end your days as an old maid , Ann , for I 'll not marry a liar , and no other man will have you either , not while I 've aught to say about it . " |
| 18 | I ENDORSE everything said by Mrs J. Banner of Liverpool 13 ( Echo , November 2nd ) regarding smoking on buses . |
| 19 | Is that not why Montaigne could say ‘ the more I frequent and know myselfe … the less I understand myselfe ’ ; why also he discovers that ‘ I have nothing to say entirely , simply , and with soliditie of my selfe without contusion , disorder , blending , mingling … |
| 20 | Imagining him to be a reporter , Lionel said to him brusquely , ‘ I have nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 21 | The man tried to expostulate but Lionel repeated , ‘ I have nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I have nothing to say to you . |
| 23 | There are certain topics about which I have nothing to say , and they covered almost every one of them that night . |
| 24 | I have nothing to say to Shaunagh , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Senior hospital caterer Jimmy Kikozi said : ‘ I have nothing to say about their food , but I imagine we will now see people wearing happy hats around the place . |
| 26 | ‘ I have nothing to say about Madonna , ’ she says , concentrating hard on the food on her plate and resisting the urge to fill in the strategic silence I leave in the hope of getting more . |
| 27 | So , it 's nothing to do with me ; I have nothing to say . |
| 28 | ‘ Then I have nothing to say . |
| 29 | At lunch the Shah said , " I have nothing to say to him . |
| 30 | I have nothing to say to you that I will not say in front of Alec Smith . ’ |