Example sentences of "say something [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first comedian says something in a high-flown style , and the other repeats the same information in a colloquial one : |
| 2 | The only human explanation was that one of us had said something in an unguarded moment . |
| 3 | Celia said something about a bone-marrow transplant , but that was weeks ago . |
| 4 | Back at the office you said something about a secret project . |
| 5 | ‘ I had this anonymous tip-off about a man answering your description , the caller said something about a missing member of the aristocracy , so I 've been keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 6 | He said something about an insolent pup . ’ |
| 7 | Her mother said something in a low voice , which she did n't catch . |
| 8 | The magician turned , stared at the cat and said something in a strange language . |
| 9 | — The hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde said something from a sedentary position which I did not catch . |
| 10 | Nor can it be a matter of the effects he intends to cause in hearers , for one may say something with a definite meaning , with all sorts of different such intentions , and , in any case , the causal theory as advanced by Stevenson is concerned with the actual causal potency of language , not with what is intended . |