Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | But David surprised me by saying , ‘ OK , now we 've got that out of the way , let's go and do the rest of the album ’ . |
| 2 | Mr Menem woos them by saying that both money wages and public-sector employment should rise . |
| 3 | May Jupiter forgive me for saying this Buddy - but I do think his head would go nice on your mantelpiece . |
| 4 | Rob teases her by saying that she 'd rather go round a supermarket than climb a mountain , but there 's ‘ many a true word … ’ and all that . |
| 5 | As regards the Niemecz mechanical organs bearing Haydn compositions : Neumann criticizes me for saying that the machines play ‘ within a narrow range , stating that the machines ’ air brakes can be set in such a way ‘ that the speed is either halved or doubled ’ , and that therefore ‘ the question of an absolute original tempo becomes pointless . ’ |
| 6 | I 've never seen anything like it before , ’ and she was looking from one to the other , wondering which one it was meant to fit , when Miss Rene startled her by saying , ‘ Well , get your coat and things off and try it on . ’ |
| 7 | How could Binyon have failed to remember this , when Pound complimented him by saying , ‘ He has carefully preserved all the faults of his original ’ ? |
| 8 | Maggie knew , even as she heard it , that Phoebe did not mean anything of the sort ; it was the kind of thing that Rachel dragged you into saying . |