Example sentences of "[vb past] say a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | By the time we got to Romford , she 'd said an awful lot but I was n't any wiser . |
2 | Then we went upstairs to the make-up room and Mr Wogan came to say a quick hello , which is his custom , I believe . |
3 | He started to say a cheerful hello to Tim when he became aware of the tension . |
4 | For that Alice got sixty pounds , though the woman kept saying a skilled sempstress would have to replace the missing beads , and it would cost — Alice had no idea what it would cost . |
5 | In the acquisition phase , subjects learned to say a particular noun ( R ) to shape A. The test showed that training in the acquired equivalence ( AE ) condition was more likely to produce generalization of this response to a B stimulus than was acquired distinctiveness ( AD ) training . |
6 | She looked at me as though I had said a dirty word . |
7 | Carrie had to say a tearful farewell to 41-year-old Rourke , who she married in the summer , when doctors ruled she should not have any visitors for 28 days . |
8 | Carre had to say a tearful farewell to 41-year-old Rourke , who she married in the summer , when doctors ruled she should not have any visitors for 28 days . |