Example sentences of "in what he [verb] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , my right hon. Friend the Chancellor devoted most of his speech to doing precisely that , but I did not detect a great deal of interest on the Opposition Benches in what he had to say . |
| 2 | If it was Mrs Foster 's intention to express disapproval of the Major 's predilection for gossip , the animation in her tone and the wild fluttering of her colourless eyelashes seemed rather to show an unhealthy interest in what he had to say and an eagerness to discuss it . |
| 3 | Having ascertained that the constable was interested in what he had to say , and the constable was , he related the incident . |
| 4 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 5 | There is nothing exceptional in what he has to say , which mirrors many other accounts of the period . |