Example sentences of "say [noun] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overheard last night at Annabel 's : ‘ The people who say money ca n't buy everything do n't know where to shop . ’ |
| 2 | I say wonders will never cease I have just written a receipt for Mrs and I have put it in her envelope and I have written my name in , in on , I 've put from and put my name and crossed out caretaker and put treasurer and I have put underneath we do not have a caretaker so we will see what happens How did , how is it that they got to go back with them ? |
| 3 | BANNED : George Lazenby says insurers would n't let him do his own Bond stunts |
| 4 | Ember had said Placerco could n't afford one yet . |
| 5 | Sir Colin says BA will rigorously defend itself in court . |
| 6 | Labour 's deputy leader Margaret Beckett immediately hit back , saying voters would never forgive his party for propping up Mr Major and paving the way for ‘ savage ’ public spending cuts . |
| 7 | ‘ In a controlled state like Pakistan , when people land from Dubai by a plane whose number is given and the names of persons given , it would be very difficult to say Pakistan can not find them , ’ India 's foreign minister , Dinesh Singh , said . |
| 8 | She said Granny would n't need it where she was going . ’ |
| 9 | Horrified , his uncle blew out the lamp , said Vincent would never see her , and ordered him from the house . |
| 10 | However , he said patients should also remember they are calling a private home and the doctor will often be asleep when the call is made . |
| 11 | So I said , ‘ Well , if that 's the case , I 'm going straight to the President/Prime Minister/ Foreign Secretary/First Lord , etc. , to say So-and-So wo n't do what I ask , so I 'm not prepared to carry on and here 's my resignation . ' ’ |