Example sentences of "he [verb] say " in BNC.
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1 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
2 | And obviously the novelist 's apocalypse is by no means identical with his received Christian one ; hence , in part , the divergence of his art from the things his notebooks show him wanting to say . |
3 | I 'm standing there the silly bloke , he stood near where the gas equipment was and I was standing there both hands clenched ready for him to start saying something ! |
4 | Some misunderstood him to have said that God hates infants and when this was passed around , it produced much ill feeling towards Baxter . |
5 | ‘ Nice boy , ’ he planned to say to Sheila later , ‘ artistic , too . |
6 | ‘ Baby , ’ he tried to say . |
7 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
8 | He tried to say something , but she walked away , towards Chalet Number One . |
9 | He tried to say it was n't quite what he had in mind . |
10 | He tried to say something about being very happy ; his voice very strained . |
11 | ‘ He tried to say it was too much worry for him but I know him too well to believe that . |
12 | He tried to say her name , but could not manage it . |
13 | He wished he could be alone , he tried to say with his own look . |
14 | He tried to say that Labour would not negotiate . |
15 | If he were here to answer the question , I suspect that he would be in considerable difficulty if he tried to say that he continued to oppose those privatisations . |
16 | The victim he helped said he owed his life to … and there was more of the same . |
17 | Although not exactly stuck for words , nothing that he has said has yet entered the language . |
18 | He has said that the £15m on offer was either too little or too much — too little to pacify the bankers if Eagle was in trouble but if the group could be turned around a recapitalisation would not be needed . |
19 | ‘ Certainly promises were made when Michael Knighton came to the club and doubts have now been cast on his ability to fulfil these , but if he does everything he has said who is to complain ? ’ |
20 | He has said bitterly that he was overlooked by the Nobel committee . |
21 | ‘ I am one of those people ’ , he has said in the past , ’ who must take exercise not only to be able to give of my best , but just to survive — I mean , I ca n't function without it . |
22 | Repeatedly he has said he favours internationally supervised elections , and that his country wishes to be non-aligned . |
23 | A devout Catholic , he has said this will be his last season while he devotes himself to his family . |
24 | A devout Catholic , he has said this will be his last season as he devotes himself to his family . |
25 | He has said repeatedly that he will serve out his term , but the pressures on him to quit early are expected to grow after next Sunday 's vote . |
26 | Mr Tebbit has consistently made clear his opposition to large scale immigration but he has said he is in favour of ‘ attracting immigrants who are well educated and highly skilled … regardless of race ’ . |
27 | He has said , and subsequently confirmed , that he will step down shortly after March 27th , when the King is due to award him a medal . |
28 | ‘ This ’ , he has said , ‘ is black and white , good and evil ’ . |
29 | He has said Egyptian troops would remain in the Gulf until they complete their mission , which he describes as aiding Kuwait under joint Arab defence agreements . |
30 | He has said he is determined to remain in office until his term expires in July 1992 , but Mr Andreotti 's wobbly five-party government may find it ever harder to coexist with such a tempestuous president . |