Example sentences of "[noun] say [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But experts say with the easing of trade barriers across Europe , the threat of an outbreak grows stronger .
2 ‘ Right , ’ Andy says in the background .
3 Labour Members scoff , but that is precisely what the Leader of the Opposition said in the debate the other day .
4 The Bible has a great deal to say about the concept of the family , and the Christian ideal differs markedly from some current concepts .
5 Kirsten Matz , Expressen 's money page editor , said : ‘ It proves that sheer luck has a great deal to say about the stock market . ’
6 Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement .
7 Appearing before a Senate committee that was pondering ‘ the general area ’ of China and its implications , an official of the State Department said of the fund : ‘ It might be used in other areas of the Far East which are affected by the developments in China .
8 ‘ After you , ’ Bernice said to the android .
9 On the merits of sending a US peace envoy to Northern Ireland , Mr Paisley said in the letter : ‘ The vicious plan of blackmail which Albert Reynolds is now employing with his threat of getting the USA to appoint an envoy will be resisted by the majority unionist community .
10 Sentencing Fisher Mr Justice Judge said of the rape of the pahrmacist ’ No one who saw her give evidence will forget her visible revulsion as she described what happened . ’
11 In the 1970 's and early ‘ 80 's the Club saw more changes than in the whole of its earlier history , so much so that in 1976 former President Tom Luker said of the course shortly before his death ( 1977 ) , ‘ It has been modified so many times it has gone full circle ’ .
12 Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave .
13 ‘ Huh — would you look at that , ’ Jean said from the doorway .
14 ‘ Do n't grieve for her , ’ the priest said to the family .
15 It would be helpful to consider what Dr Slabbert said at the conference in Johannesburg on August 2 , 1991 , namely that the Department of National Health has the capacity to deal with major health problems .
16 " Good morning , " Mrs Blakey said into the telephone .
17 ‘ There is always someone who wants to steal the limelight , ’ Waterman said after the concert .
18 Mr Hayes said after the takeover : ‘ Buying a car should be a pleasurable experience but most people dread it .
19 Size , as the actress said to the Bishop , is part of the problem .
20 As the actress said to the bishop .
21 Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I
22 Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds .
23 Hoping to lay to rest the hare started by an interview given to the Wall Street Journal by a top Siemens AG staffer , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig said at the opening of the Cebit Hannover Fair yesterday that his company had no plans for a strategic link with another computer company .
24 ‘ Everyone tried to save him but it was too late , ’ his father Steven said from the family home in Chertsey , Surrey .
25 David Watson has some wise words to say on the matter in his One in the Spirit ( p. 54ff ) .
26 One lady , daughter of the proprietor of Jura said to the Captain — " Captain , do you mean to say you are going to turn us off the only nice place in the steamer and put sheep in it ? "
27 ‘ She did n't look so breathtakingly confident last night , darling , ’ Margaret Stanhope said to the radio set .
28 Mr Wright said after the settlement that not only his resort , which he described as ‘ the last of the Hi-de-Hi holiday camps in Great Britain ’ but also Barry Island , which had some of the finest beaches in the UK , had been vindicated .
29 ARSENAL striker Ian Wright said after the game he thought he had snatched a late winner for Arsenal before Woods made a superb 89th minute save .
30 Committee chairman David Lyonette said outside the meeting the authority had already successfully removed billboards around the town including Haughton Road and was looking at removing others along High Northgate .
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