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 .
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