Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] say [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , the right of journalists and broadcasters to demand trial by jury , in those areas of criminal law where it still exists , is an important security against interference with media freedoms — for reasons explained in 1885 by Dicey , the leading writer on our unwritten constitution : " Freedom of discussion is , then , in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury , consisting of 12 shopkeepers , think it expedient should be said or written … |
| 2 | Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something . |
| 3 | Try never to do or say anything to a teacher ( or about a teacher ) that you would not like done or said to you . |
| 4 | ‘ But you 're not going to do or say anything objectionable , are you ? ’ she said pointedly . |
| 5 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 6 | At many points in your essay you will just want to propose or say something ; so many of your sentences will be ASSERTIONS . |
| 7 | I could tell Mum was awake but she did n't offer to move or say anything . |
| 8 | Tessa could hear him breathing on the threshold outside for several minutes more , as if he were trying to summon up the courage to return and say something . |
| 9 | He expected his father to rise and say something about that being no way to speak to one 's wife or not in front of the child , he was capable of that . |