Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe the imminence of the new technology was the moment to hang up my briefcase and say good luck to the thrusting new young generation . |
| 2 | He seemed very moved by my story and said he intended to write an article about it . |
| 3 | Good old Bri , he just looked at me and my hair and said , ‘ It 's a porcupine ! ’ |
| 4 | I remember a man coming up to me at Sandhurst and looking at the back of my hair and saying , ‘ What regiment are you going into ? ’ and I said ‘ The Grenadiers , ’ and he said ‘ You appear to be growing your own bear skin . ’ |
| 5 | I opened my shirt and bared my chest and said , Go ahead . ’ |
| 6 | I phoned my sister and said , " I 'm in labour " , but she said , " I 'm working tomorrow and I ca n't come . " |
| 7 | This morning rang up my sister and said I would visit her tomorrow . |
| 8 | I was walking quietly by one group of people when a delightful black girl saw me passing and , in the nicest way possible , flung her arms around my neck and said , ‘ Is n't America wonderful ? ’ |
| 9 | As I stood hesitating in the doorway , Miss Kenton appeared at my side and said : ‘ Mr Stevens , I have a little more time than you at the moment . |
| 10 | I shifted in my seat and said , " No , I 'm afraid I do n't quite . |
| 11 | ‘ Last time we were here , ’ Athelstan quipped , ‘ you warned me , Sir John , not to open my mouth and say things I was not bidden to . |
| 12 | Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock . |
| 13 | One sticks his head in my window and says , ‘ Thank you . ’ |
| 14 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 15 | He listened to my question and said : ‘ The difference is easily explained : imagine Kings to be a photograph and Chronicles to be a portrait — both are true . ’ |
| 16 | Then I overcame my shyness and said I would like the coloured wool from the trunk upstairs . |
| 17 | He was very impertinent about my wine and said it always had pieces of cork floating in it . |
| 18 | I waited for him to come into my room and say hello . |
| 19 | At this point a rather anaemic looking face with a halo of rather greasy looking blonde curls , poked his head out of the window , looking down at me lying flat on my back and said , ‘ It 's me , who are you ? ’ |
| 20 | I can remember the woodwork master coming up from behind and clapping his hand heavily upon my back and saying " Now , Basil , " but that back clapping nearly killed me ; it was a shattering blow and I was a skinnily thin creature . |
| 21 | He stroked my head and said as he was about to go , ‘ Be a good girl Katie , you 've got a good Dad under the circumstances . ’ |
| 22 | This is one time when the Powers that Be are not going to pat my head and say all is forgiven — |
| 23 | Story of my life , shaking my head and saying yes . |
| 24 | But it got to the stage where I could n't enjoy the game because someone was always rubbing my head and saying ‘ How are you doing , Sinbad ? ’ ' |
| 25 | Last night I contained my irritation and said that odd word — Mitch . ’ |
| 26 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 27 | Peter was n't in the slightest bit put out , and he looked back at my friend and said , ‘ You should n't gamble if you ca n't afford to lose . ’ |
| 28 | Having looked at my passport , the Gendarme made a telephone call during which he turned to look at me , spelling out my name and saying that I was English and a former paratrooper . |
| 29 | A pity there , I was gon na sort of le air my knowledge and say a and say look at these olive trees . |
| 30 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |