Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Perhaps their paintings said things to one another during these years that they could never say in person . ) |
| 2 | Erm of a unstressed syllable erm like X in except , so they 'd just say except . |
| 3 | People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years . |
| 4 | When they called on us , they would always say to Mum , ‘ Fanny , we came to see how you are getting on , but we can only stay a few minutes . ’ |
| 5 | They will tell you anything , things they would never say to anybody anywhere else . |
| 6 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |