Example sentences of "[vb mod] say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We must say to the public , ‘ you can not leave us without moral guidance on this . |
| 2 | Before she finished here and made her way to the sitting room , there were certain things she must say to Cissie , and she must say them without alarming the girl , yet , at the same time , make her aware that she was no longer a child , that she already had the mark of a woman on her . |
| 3 | ‘ Rain , there is something I must say to you , too . ’ |
| 4 | First to er , Peter 's point about er Gillian Sheppard , on the er , on the er Direct , I must say to you , I got a bit of a surprise when I saw Gillian Sheppard in such brazen er fashion on er on Direct , but you know , you 've quickly got answers in this organization , and somebody said ah well , it was meant to be an obituary to her and they were a bit perceptive in that er respect . |
| 5 | ‘ There is something which I must say to you before we join Papa , ’ announced her mama . |
| 6 | I take my hon. Friend 's point , but I must say to him that it is not a matter for me . |
| 7 | But I must say to the hon. Gentleman who suggests that it would be appropriate at present for this country to scrap its nuclear weapons and Trident that to do so would leave the country wholly defenceless . |
| 8 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
| 9 | I must say to Conservative Members who are raising points of order of this kind that it is a dangerous game . |
| 10 | We must say to our officers now , today , do n't sit back and see the life blood squeezed out of our union . |
| 11 | I must say to those of you who tend we had nice interview |
| 12 | Can you imagine what she must say to Matthew ? ’ |
| 13 | And so finally I must say to you once again , welcome to South Cambridgeshire , and I hope that this will be a very pleasant and a very informative symposium . |
| 14 | So you say to the person , you must say to them , I 'm going to put you on call park , do n't worry about it , do n't go away , I wo n't be a minute or two . |
| 15 | His father then asked William what he should say to his school-fellows , to which the boy replied , ‘ Tell them to prepare to meet their God ; and tell them I said so ’ ’ |
| 16 | He wondered if there was anything he should say to them , if there was anything they could possibly understand . |
| 17 | And I should say to the general assembly that the Board 's four homes for people with senile dementia are differently funded and any deficits there are made up by grants from health boards and social work departments which are prohibited from making up the deficit in eventide care . |
| 18 | Cathbad clicked his tongue , because this was not the sort of thing you should say to soldiers , who were easily cast down and sent into gloom and doom , something you should certainly avoid before going into battle . |
| 19 | So they gave me minute instructions ( enclosed , along with the much-travelled draft , in the foreign-desk-clerk 's handwriting ) about what you should say to them if you can be persuaded to try them again . |
| 20 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 21 | You see , you could say , surely there should n't be a weaning conflict , because an offspring should say to itself , okay , my mother wants to wean me , to have more offspring , but those offspring she 's gon na have are my siblings , I 'm very closely related to them . |
| 22 | Would the right hon. Gentleman therefore care to suggest what I should say to those 420 workers in Rolls-Royce who have been ejected from their jobs with scant courtesy and with no idea why it has happened , who have all the skills required for building motor cars and are not to be given the chance to do so ? |
| 23 | I should say to my hon. Friend — |
| 24 | I think I should say to you at this point , that if you 're moving into these areas , you are moving into what I can , or , just totally contrary in fact to your policies , and directions , and er , not only that , I think we have difficulty sustaining . |
| 25 | Because the Fire and Rescue Service reductions are unacceptable , and I think this Committee should say to , and to leave that in its proposal to Policy Panel and P and R. |
| 26 | I would never hunt , I will also not demand that anybody else hunts and I do n't think other people should say to me what I should and what I should not do and I think that 's the issue . |
| 27 | What do you think I should say to the Principal ? |
| 28 | My mother turned round and said , well you should , you tell her , you should say to her look , I 'm next ! |
| 29 | You should say to Steven , ah no I did n't say anything . |
| 30 | But it should say to editors and , and radio people , ‘ Hey , this , this could be interesting for you , there 's a story here . ’ |