Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no : she has hung around the DHSS while clerks forgot her like she was goods in the stockroom , and now she has a chit that says they 'll pay her lodging at the boarding house . |
| 2 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
| 3 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |
| 4 | The Department of Transport , which held the inquiry last year gave no reason for the delay on a decision and says it ca n't say when it 'll make one . |
| 5 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
| 6 | Roman exclaimed in satisfaction and , turning into a wide drive , pulled up in front of a building that said it was a motor halt . |
| 7 | He was shaking me calling me a slut and a whore and saying they were n't his kids everything , I do n't know , I could n't breathe — he were choking me — ’ |
| 8 | He instructed me to look after you , ’ she finished with a look that said it was no use arguing . |
| 9 | We were playing in France , in a place called Cognac and this kid came up to me , gave me a guitar and said he would really like me to test it for him . |
| 10 | ‘ This is ‘ gesture legislation ’ — a statute that says we do not approve — but without any real means of enforcement , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Look Ralph erm if , if you do n't mind me saying can you remember if you do this could you just give me a ring and say it 's done , if not Sid come down in the morning . |
| 12 | He denied forcing the teenager to go with him in a car and said she had many chances to leave him . |
| 13 | Harold Lock has been coming to the pool since he was a child and says it would be a crime to close it down . |
| 14 | So the easiest thing is just ask a question and say nothing , wait for the answer and then respond appropriately . |
| 15 | Then he ran out in a panic and said he was a doctor and thought I was dying . |
| 16 | I think we can protect our children much better than we do , for one thing there is a law that says it 's illegal to sell tobacco to children under sixteen , that law is flouted every day in a large proportion of the , er the shops in this city and in Scotland . |
| 17 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 18 | And , like a little child , he stopped being careful and tense for a moment and said what was in his head , quite simply . |
| 19 | So long as people can walk out of a room and say they have decided to leave on their terms , they retain their dignity . |
| 20 | He was recently quoted as saying : ‘ I 've got a terrible habit when people bring in a picture and say they want to look like that — I invariably tear it up in front of them . |
| 21 | Software Etc Stores Inc , Edina , Minnesota filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of up to 800,000 common shares , all new at a target price of $15.50 a share and says it wants the $12m or so net proceeds to finance expansion . |
| 22 | The next part of the day is an exercise session and other simple games , eg passing of a ball and saying their name , use of coloured bean bags , large coloured floor dominoes , hoopla etc . |
| 23 | There is a legend that says they will return when the Lost Prince of Tara appears , and that it is he alone whom they will serve . |
| 24 | He used to smoke sixty cigarettes a day and says he 's brought it down to between fifteen and twenty roll-ups . |
| 25 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 26 | We 're not serving cheese across the counter here.If you had a ticket that said you were 5th in the queue you would be falsely reassured if the people ahead of you were seriously ill or dying . |
| 27 | On a visit to Scarborough with Janet Rigby , they walked over a bridge and said they would meet up again on it one day . |
| 28 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 29 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 30 | It 's a kiss that says it all . |