Example sentences of "he [modal v] say [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Crumwallis knew he ought to say something . |
| 2 | Don , knowing he should say something , managed ‘ The horse is crooked . ’ |
| 3 | For example , he 'll say something like , ‘ Well , I would n't wan na spend the last two minutes of my life listening to that lick ! ’ |
| 4 | Whether he thinks they 'll believe him or not , at least he 'll say something . |
| 5 | Because I 've never used that word before , he 'll say something completely pathetic . |
| 6 | He wo n't say anything if he does n't want to — ‘ That 's life , ’ he will shrug , in response to some question that you have built like a house of cards — but if he wants to , he 'll say anything . |
| 7 | At a public meeting he might say something like this : |
| 8 | I looked over at Jean-Claude , hoping he might say something . |
| 9 | He wished he could say something encouraging , but he did n't feel encouraged . |
| 10 | The prime minister , Harold Macmillan , took refuge behind the usual claim that he could say nothing for fear of damaging national security . |
| 11 | It cast in him a fear so deep that he could say nothing , only stare . |
| 12 | ‘ Probably you as well , Sir , ’ I replied , ‘ Your own trench is just over the wall in Brigade H.Q ’ He glared up at me and before he could say anything I beat a hasty retreat . |
| 13 | Before he could say anything , the telephone on the Grecian plinth nearest to the girl gave a muted double purr . |
| 14 | Before he could say anything Mrs Woodward exclaimed ‘ Is n't it strange to see a train at this time of night ? ’ |
| 15 | His eyes opened in alarm , but before he could say anything his concentration lapsed and he dropped like a stone , vanishing behind the far end of the table . |
| 16 | Before he could say anything , Legion answered his question in a prim falsetto . |
| 17 | And had put down the receiver before he could say anything at all . |
| 18 | She turned and ran back to the house before he could say anything else . |
| 19 | He collapsed into a chair and began to cry … it was ages before he could say anything . |
| 20 | But , before he could say anything , Mrs Danby emerged from round a large pile of tins of tuna-fish . |
| 21 | I wish he 'd say something . |
| 22 | I doubt if he 'd say anything to harm me . ’ |
| 23 | Yet , although he drank only fruit juice himself , he would say nothing if his family chose to indulge in a bottle of wine . |
| 24 | She thought he would say nothing more , then he went on slowly , ‘ Gabriella and I were engaged for only three months . |
| 25 | He would say nothing else . |
| 26 | He would say nothing more a– he led her this way and that through the streets , doubling back often , like a fox laying a foil . |
| 27 | He would try harder , hobbled by self-consciousness , and then he would say something precious , or stupid , or insulting . |
| 28 | Ruth wished he would say something — anything . |
| 29 | I thought he would say something else , but he did n't . |
| 30 | Only occasionally he would say something that struck with a vague sense of warning , like the sudden , cold wind that blows along the ground just before a change in the weather . |