Example sentences of "say [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you what it was , it was Samsung , if you 've a little bit of tape and you end at beginning and you want it , well say you wanted to tape to test a little bit say off telly or |
| 2 | Shallow alcoves can be used for yet more narrow shelves just the depth of one can or bottle or for mounting a magnetic knife-rack ; awkward spaces , say between stove and storage cabinets , can be used for trays . |
| 3 | Often a wrought iron gate , strategically sited , say between house and garage , can prevent thieves walking openly to the rear . |
| 4 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 5 | READ WHAT USERS SAY ABOUT EASIPLAN |
| 6 | Waqar , who has just signed a new three-year contract with Surrey , said : ‘ I do n't care what people say about ball-tampering either . ’ |
| 7 | This is the mirror-image of what the people who live in Copacabana say about Nova Iguacu . |
| 8 | We might compare what Moslems and Jews say about gods to what a very different tradition from the Mediterranean world says . |
| 9 | But turn a corner , walk a few yards , and suddenly you have stepped back centuries , to the old town , a place where it is sleepy quiet and easy to believe all they say about Aarau 's eventful past . |
| 10 | I agree with most of what you say about Frank . |
| 11 | You know what they say about fools and their money … ’ |
| 12 | I happened to know — ‘ Is it true what they say about Dixie ? ’ . |
| 13 | Given the kind of society that we have at the moment , I think so , because in the home — I mean aside from being defined as a housewife — you 're really defined only in relation to other people , so what you say about self definition , erm self fulfilment , is absolutely crucial . |
| 14 | Funny that — that 's what a lot of people familiar with Macintosh System say about Windows : commenting on the venture between Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc to build the Macintosh look and feel atop DR DOS , Microsoft Corp general manager Brad Chase told the Wall Street Journal he did n't see any new software from Apple and Novell as a threat — such software ‘ is like putting lipstick on a chicken , ’ he said — ‘ but it 's still a chicken . ’ |
| 15 | I mean , the things they say about women when they think they 're alone , they 're just jokes are n't they ? |
| 16 | moral insight and belief , terms which cover all the things people think and say about morality , including their willingness to blame others who do wrong . |
| 17 | I wan na see what they say about Spurs after yesterday . |
| 18 | In all you say about parents and children living in sweet sympathy and perfect knowledge of each other , in freedom of speech , comrades , friends confiding in each other , telling all and being listened to , and taught , in all this I entirely and wholly agree . |
| 19 | On a blackboard or overhead projector write the heading ‘ WHAT THE FIGURES SAY ABOUT US ’ and list the points identified by each group . |
| 20 | say about badge 's |
| 21 | Now I have to be careful what I say about Lady Thatcher 's because of the laws of libel and also I do n't know who 's written which pieces but it 's known she 's had help you see . |
| 22 | As American hot-rodders say about engine capacity : ‘ There ai n't no substitute for cubes ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And I know what they say about people who invite other people out to dinner and then spend the whole time trying to depress them and ruin their lives . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It must be true after all , what they say about Viking lovers ! ’ |
| 25 | But you know what they say about patients falling in love with the nurses . |
| 26 | The problem with their evolutionary sequence does not lie so much with what they say about technology as what they saw this technology as implying . |
| 27 | Look at what they say about Napoleon . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's true what they say about pets taking after their owners , ’ the Doctor whispered to Bernice . |
| 29 | ‘ Whatever you say about Airdrie , their players compete and play for each other . |
| 30 | In view , however , of what he said about student support , compared with what the citizens advice bureaux say about student support — the citizens advice bureaux deal with real students suffering real hardship in the real world , while the Prime Minister hides himself away behind locked gates in 10 |