Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] say [indef pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I do so I must say something about the way in which the U K economy has developed since the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | This is not a book about theoretical astronomy , but I must say something about the way in which a star radiates , because it is very much part of the overall story . |
| 3 | Er but of course I I must say something about section eleven funding , this whole section under funding , er is er featured in , in , in this section and er , er I 'm not too sure what the Tories are playing at er , unlike Bob I am not going to condemn them out of hand now , being a Democrat I want you to hear what they have to say and then we 'll roast them this afternoon |
| 4 | He answered : ‘ The man told me that he was a detective , and that I should say nothing about him to anyone . ’ |
| 5 | Maybe not : but before explaining , I should say something about our definitions . |
| 6 | I 'll say something about you getting ‘ 21 ’ ( ? ) and ‘ Humphries ’ ironed on your shirt ! |
| 7 | I do not think I need say anything about what is known as the three-mile limit . |
| 8 | I have set out some of the reasons why the new clauses should not become part of the Bill and now I shall say something about general intention . |
| 9 | Several details have been omitted and I shall say nothing about the way Venus and the Sun move around their orbits , except that the point O on Venus 's orbit always lies between the Earth ( E ) and the Sun ( S ) , that V moves around O , and O and S move around the Earth . |
| 10 | I formed several theories about that call — all wrong , and I will say nothing about them . |
| 11 | The Vauxhall top brass is conspicuously absent ( which may say something about Vauxhall ) , and trivial PR flackery all too present . |
| 12 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 13 | At this stage , therefore , we shall say nothing about the range of theories which can be brought to bear on international relations , if one believes in working from the inside in pursuit of understanding . |
| 14 | They agreed that for the moment they would say nothing about it to Ebenezer . |
| 15 | Sounds as if the guy is suffering from Hemingway Syndrome : ‘ computers may see their silicon lives flash before their eyes , so to speak , just before they die , ’ Prodigy Services Co suggests , reporting that physicist Stephen Thaler of McDonnell Douglas Corp has been playing with neural networks as a way to speed diamond crystal growth but while by day , he created and trained the neural nets , by night , he began annihilating them to see what would happen , randomly severing links , and when between 10% and 60% of the links were destroyed , the network regurgitated nonsense , but as it approached death , 90% of the connections severed , it generated distinct values that had been trained into it , and at times even output ‘ whimsical ’ states , where it would generate values that were neither trained nor ones that would appear in a healthy net , says Thaler , who thinks it may say something about near-death experiences for humans — ‘ It may not just be fancy biochemistry , ’ he suggests . |
| 16 | It might say something about the Americans that they remain so obsessed with this repellent , perverted killer and his pathetic entourage . |
| 17 | He took it seriously at first , affronted that anyone could say anything about anyone so close to him , but before very long , he saw the funny side . |