Example sentences of "and [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
| 2 | The boy sniffled and stammered to say something , but the words would not come . |
| 3 | The company is controlled by a US group that is up for sale and has said it wants to sell AMI . |
| 4 | Genscher has referred to Germany 's ‘ mission ’ to foster peace in Europe and has said very frankly that , ‘ We Germans can be the architects of a united and indivisible Europe ’ . |
| 5 | A spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson said the company discusses investment only on a global , company-wide basis , and has said nothing specific about investing in Malaysia . |
| 6 | Mr. Wilson : We know that the Hon. Gentleman is advising both companies — he informed us of that in Committee and has said so again tonight — but is it correct that he is backing Strathtay for his own area ? |
| 7 | I note that the Labour party knows better than the Milk Marketing Board and has said that it would not help the Milk Marketing Board to get the reform that is necessary for British farmers and British consumers . |
| 8 | However , the Audit Commission has challenged that figure , and has said that it would be nearer 50 per cent . |
| 9 | BAe has made it clear it did not consider the bid by Mr Hooke as a serious contender and has said it regards the Raytheon offer as best for the company , shareholders and employees . |
| 10 | It is in fact to be very dogmatic and to try to say something about every other way of knowledge , and every other thing to be known . |
| 11 | So , befurred and kid-gloved , her hair put up elaborately around her pale grey hat , she went into the Talbot pew in Bishopstow church , her own pew now , and put Aunt Emily 's prayer book on the ledge before her , and knelt to say a prayer of profound thankfulness . |
| 12 | You could write to Geoffrey and say say you 've bought something to do with trains and should feel very pleased . |
| 13 | Sixty pence on sweets okay and say say what you 're spending that on , on sweets okay . |
| 14 | At last , as I set my knife and fork down , I caught the gloomy eye of my table-companion and ventured to say , ‘ You will be in Geneva tomorrow in time to see this wretched woman brought to justice , I presume ? ’ |
| 15 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |
| 16 | After assembly Mrs. Bulmer toured the school and stopped to say Hello , to children of Yellow class . |
| 17 | The woman who sang wandered over , carrying her sheets of music , and stopped to say a few words to Dr Rafaelo before going up to the little stage and setting up her recording deck to accompany her nightly concert . |
| 18 | He was a comical little man but as she smiled and tried to say the right things — ‘ Oh ! |
| 19 | For as Socrates knew , a sequence of silly questions is a wonderful way of forcing someone to think out just what he believes and wants to say . |
| 20 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 21 | As the words blazed their rainbow colours around him he flung his hands back and prepared to say the eighth and final word that would appear in coruscating octarine and seal the spell . |
| 22 | Paisley had to be in Ulster that day , but Kevin McNamara , MP for Kingston-upon-Hull , realised that the Black issue was being avoided and intervened to say that MPs were concerned about the serious allegations which had been made . |
| 23 | and says says , says erm and says erm said the Phoebe |
| 24 | Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye . |
| 25 | He was last in England in 1972 , and used to say that his homeland was going to hell because of all the immigration . |
| 26 | He remained a student throughout his life , gave stipends to foreign scholars such as Grotius and Casaubon , and used to say that anyone who disturbed him before noon was no true scholar . |
| 27 | He saw the funny side of it and used to say when he met me years later " How 's your sexual depression , then , Bruce ? " |
| 28 | He did n't like the country and used to say that the birds kept him awake . |
| 29 | She said her husband had always been a bully and used to say they were both partners with a voting right but he had the casting vote . |
| 30 | His tone and look said , clearly , that everything — any possibly lunacy — was now fully explained . |