Example sentences of "say and [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do as they say and they 'll release me . |
| 2 | Take along a prosperous adviser on all shopping sprees , demonstrate a high degree of trust and strong reliance in what they say and you may have unexpected protection should the seller go out of business and the goods fall to pieces . |
| 3 | ‘ Just do as I say and you 'll be all right . ’ |
| 4 | it 's forehead cos that 's what people say and it used to be fore head and they change all the time that 's why need to record the words and see how they 're being pronounced . |
| 5 | I agree with everything you say and I shall make further representations . |
| 6 | She says and we ca n't get a bloody sweet she says . |
| 7 | I says and we 'll do it . |
| 8 | I hear what my hon. Friend says and we shall see whether more opportunities can be given to the RNR to train with the regular Navy . |
| 9 | This is a Labour amendment it is up to them now to implement it implement it within existing budgets is what it says and we shall see whether they take their responsibilities as seriously as they should . |
| 10 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 11 | ‘ Do what the madman says and he will give you gold . ’ |
| 12 | And er he , of course with him being a blacksmith , he could get a job anywhere in America , he says he could leave a town tonight and land in another town , he says and he could be sure of getting a job with him being a blacksmith . |
| 13 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 14 | Alice were having I said just lend me that twenty pound note cos you , and God knows what she thought the bill was I says I 've got seven pound , I says just lend me your twenty pound note , I says you 'll still have enough to pay I says and I 'll give you it back when I get home , you know ? |
| 15 | Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan says and I might say so , slightly mischievously , well after all he 's going to appoint the appointers and going to make the short list , short list for the Right My Right Honourable Friend to appoint , but of course somebody 's got to appoint the appointers and er that would be done by the by my Right Honourable Friend , but that does n't mean to say for goodness sake that they 're in his pocket . |
| 16 | He stood there , cos something had happened , and he 's stamping his feet he says and I wo n't , I wo n't say our father and I wo n't have any sally for me supper either . |
| 17 | She says and I will spent that extra couple of quid on my kids . |
| 18 | I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your |
| 19 | she says and you can be in that |
| 20 | Firstly , we must distinguish what may be said and what must be said ; and secondly , in what must be said we must distinguish the unique forms from alternative ones . |
| 21 | What we have said and we will be referring my recommendation to the Planning Committee today is if they 're minded to approve it and subject to a legal agreement and subject to conditions , we will refer it as a departure to the Secretary of State . |
| 22 | In one or two instances , there is likely to be some liability concerning rail vouchers of a special kind , but in general , the position is as I have said and they will not be taxable . |
| 23 | ‘ She was dead to me , ’ he had said and she could see he meant it . |
| 24 | Yeah , and they did , they sent us a whole vanload of , of instruments and I can remember the , the evening we , we put all these instruments in the conference room there and the gang of enthusiasts arrived and , and they said and what would you like to play ? |
| 25 | he said and we 'll just jot down that you 've extended for twenty eight days . |
| 26 | He said and we 'll take it up and repair it for you . |
| 27 | Do n't take the suit away , the only thing I 'm a bit dubious well he said well take the suit home and try it if it 's not he said come back with it , he said and we 'll exchange it down here . |
| 28 | Brian was saying , he said you going in with your he said and we 'll lose that , he said he should play his best bloody |
| 29 | it 's the situation she said and we 'll stick with it . |
| 30 | He said well from my point of view anyway at least he said just disregard that completely he said and we will do it on what you earnt , so he said all I can is erm just put in as many hours as you can to get your wages up on that side erm and then by the time we look at that he said , the end of February obviously you 'll have December , January and February which will be good months there , I said yeah so he said well then you know erm a hundred pound here and a hundred pound here he said , it all helps to keep the figure up for you so he s |