Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Harvey finds out , you 'd better start saying ‘ Please do n't blow your stack , Harvey ’ in Latin . |
| 2 | I 'd only gone say two weeks without it , but it takes a lot longer than that to actually sort yourself out , anyway … . |
| 3 | " Careful , Stephen , " they both seemed endlessly to have said . |
| 4 | They were the hardest words she 'd ever had to say . |
| 5 | Woke up struggling to say my name but somehow unable to . |
| 6 | Caroline had smiled and said yes , it was , but what she 'd really wanted to say was that she doubted if Nicolo had ever hesitated about getting what he wanted in his entire life . |
| 7 | What I 'd really meant to say was : Can I go home now ? |
| 8 | The words had an unlocked sound , tumbling out as if he 'd never dared say them before . |
| 9 | They 'd never needed to say much . |
| 10 | Asked about apparent defections from his cause , he claimed never to have said that he was counting on anybody . |
| 11 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |
| 12 | Indeed , I am sure that the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) did not mean to say that . |
| 13 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I did not intend to say anything else . ’ |
| 15 | She did not bother to say it , again , again , again , that Faith Lavender was dead . |
| 16 | I did not like to say no . |
| 17 | If , on the other hand , he felt that someone was a really harmful influence , he did not hesitate to say so . |
| 18 | In a sense the Advisor did not need to say more , for both her report and the fable of Fred begin to capture the mood of growing up . |
| 19 | Whoever was on duty would move gently any part of the affected limb , trying as they did so to persuade Jimbo that now the pain was gone he might — I did not dare to say ‘ would ’ — be free soon to walk normally . |
| 20 | The flower seller , Ms Sue Thompson , said : ‘ I did not dare say anything . |
| 21 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |
| 22 | She did not dare say more . |
| 23 | I was so shaken up and upset I did not get to say thank you or even see his face , just the helpful hand outstretched to me . |
| 24 | She thought she was rather like a mother , making sure a child had eaten before going off to school , did not scruple to say , " Are you sure you 've had enough ? |
| 25 | Wexford thought all these things and he knew Burden was following his thoughts , matching them , so he did n't bother to say anything . |
| 26 | He did n't bother to say who he was talking about now , Jinny noticed . |
| 27 | Gloria did n't pause to say anything to the cheery porter at the gates , nor did he call out to them . |
| 28 | Unlike the others , she did n't rush to say how pleased she was to see him after all this time ; she did n't make polite small talk about Lucasta Redburn 's death . |
| 29 | They did n't chat each other up , because Boy still did n't know what to say half the time , and O did n't want to say anything , not any more , he had said too much to too many men . |
| 30 | I did n't want to say that — when you chose it . |