Example sentences of "[pron] say he can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Boulez has been associated with the project from the very first days so I say he can consider this house his home . |
| 2 | You say he can have it when Hoomey and all swim however many lengths in four minutes , whatever many it has to be . ’ |
| 3 | This is the man , after all , who says he can tell whether someone will betray him before they know it themselves . |
| 4 | Likewise , I 've never trusted anyone who says he can turn one over with a piece of plastic or a credit card . |
| 5 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 6 | ‘ And if he is not prepared to fight , then he should say so but there is no point in lying to the people around him saying he can do the job if he really believes he ca n't . ’ |
| 7 | He says — what 's that phrase of his ? — he says he can drop a stone into that particular well and never hear the splash . |
| 8 | He says he can do it . |
| 9 | He says he can do nothing , and we must go back to Hull , because of a small storm ! |
| 10 | He says he can capture far more detail on slides than he could by sketching . |
| 11 | He says he can remember he was burnt in the fire and that his sister died in the fire . |
| 12 | He says he can guarantee a student will pass after just 3 weeks cramming . |
| 13 | He says he can die simply of the cold or because his lung fill up with fluid becayse of the change in air pressure . |
| 14 | Some will follow the example of Arthur C. Clarke , who has retired to Sri Lanka , because he says he can work better there , can enjoy the environment and is just as close to his numerous correspondents as if he were in America . |
| 15 | Well , I have a friend who is an Everton fan , and he says he can get tickets for this game , the only thing is they are with the Everton fans . |
| 16 | Furthermore , he says he can find no example of a large mainframe user ever downsizing , adding that to do so would inevitably lead to lower company profits . |
| 17 | He says he can find his way up the Orinoco and discover the Seven Cities of Gold where the streets are paved with precious metals , and dusky , full-bosomed maidens scatter gems and pennies . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , Archie has a boat , and he says he can take us out to the bird islands , and I 'm sure we could get him to take you somewhere in the Land-Rover where you can fish . |
| 19 | where it has n't , the plane has n't , he said he can see and he tells you how |