Example sentences of "[vb past] say [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to say to him , Mark I think you 're wasting your time . |
| 2 | He did n't bother deciding which of the things she 'd said to him she was referring to . |
| 3 | It was what I 'd said to him , near enough . |
| 4 | She had n't meant half the things she 'd said to him . |
| 5 | She she would n't tell us what she 'd said to him either , so it must have been bad . |
| 6 | ‘ Say what you came to say to him , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 7 | People kept saying to him , ‘ Stop picking your nose , ’ and he could n't do anything about it . |
| 8 | which in a way were pleased we have n't got to make the heart rending decision of him having his legs off , cos Denny told us , mum kept saying to him for three days , he would arch his back ooh , ooh , could n't move , and mum said yes he |
| 9 | And er would have erm perceived that he was n't greatly hampered by it , but once you 've got a surgeon who is going to get a fat fee he did say to him are you sure you want this done |
| 10 | I did say to him once that er I said if you do n't want that ivy I said you chuck it out , chop it down and throw it over my side cos it 's my responsibility |
| 11 | Fay , what you got to say to him ? |
| 12 | She met him emerging from their tall block of apartments as she was returning from work on the Friday evening , having stopped to buy groceries on the way home , her mind flying ahead to Luke 's arrival and all that she planned to say to him now that she had made up her mind to end their affair . |
| 13 | He remembered what Sharon had said about him , remembered the chill in his eyes . |
| 14 | What Gromyko had said to him and what he had said to Shevardnadze . |
| 15 | Nathan had recovered enough to tell Ari what Zambia had said to him and also something of the conversation they 'd had before . |
| 16 | That evening as they worked on the catapult , Endill told Mould about what Mr Fractor had said to him . |
| 17 | Ludens had not forgotten what Marcus had said to him about Irina . |
| 18 | ‘ How could you expect anyone to trust you with their conveyancing ? ’ she had said to him , only last week . |
| 19 | About how , as Elinor and Elinor 's mother stood by the flowers in the rain at Putney Vale Crematorium , someone had said to him , ‘ They 're taking it very well ! ’ |
| 20 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 21 | It makes little difference in any case , one of them had said to him once . |
| 22 | ‘ Monsieur le baron , ’ she said , as she had said to him once before . |
| 23 | The Gospel of John tells of the royal officer who returns home to discover that his son has recovered : ‘ The father noted [ knew ] that this was the exact time when Jesus had said to him , ‘ Your son will live ’ , and he and all his household became believers . ’ |
| 24 | Here he is remembering Nick Kent standing around in the old NME offices in Carnaby Street talking about what Keith Richards had said to him once , when he noticed something hanging out of his leather trousers . |
| 25 | He explained that the Bursar had said to him : |
| 26 | Nellie 's last few words stayed in Fred 's mind and later , in the comfort of the cosy front room above the dining rooms , after Maisie had left , he was moved to speak to his young wife about what her mother had said to him . |
| 27 | For the rest of the night , I could see him pointing at me and telling all the other guests what I had said to him . |
| 28 | He just stood there looking out , his large leathery hands clasped tight behind his back , while Ellie wondered what on earth it could have been that Madame Gautier had said to him . |
| 29 | His thoughts were spinning , mulling over what Joseph had said to him earlier . |
| 30 | She had said to him , saucily enough : |