Example sentences of "say [prep] [noun] [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to be little that can be said about things which are familiar to writer and reader alike . |
| 2 | He says of course we were disappointed in not having the holiday but moreso the children who were absolutely devastates when they heard the news . |
| 3 | And , you may remember the incident where , in er th the story , Through the Looking Glass , and Alice is talking to the Queen and er , the Queen says to Alice I am one hundred and one ! |
| 4 | But I I 'd said to Angela there were some a while back but I 'd not sh shown them her . |
| 5 | What was it they said about people who were convinced that the rest of the world was plotting against them ? |
| 6 | I said of course you were deep in domesticity and waiting for the baby and she said that was what so many good students seemed to be choosing these days … " |
| 7 | So I said to Mick I 'm sure that 's illegal . |
| 8 | I said to Stuart I 'm sure |
| 9 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 10 | And I said to Dave what 's this then I 've got at one o'clock an hour 's overtime . |
| 11 | when we got home we sat eating we 'd got home from a show then and we were sat eating supper , and it were about half past three in the morning and we sat talking , I said to Rudy I 'm sure I can smell burning ! |
| 12 | I said to Lyndsey I 'm sure they 're supposed to have plugs on . |
| 13 | Yeah and plus the fact I said to Mike it 's all very well saying send stuff there , she can open it she 'd be no wiser whether they sound any good or not . |
| 14 | Mr Albion Small , former manager of the Eldon Gardens complex in Newcastle , has been appointed manager of the Cornmill and said on Wednesday he was confident the centre would weather the current recession and attract more shoppers to Darlington , bringing more business to other shops and offices in the town centre . |
| 15 | Let's look at what Jeremiah had to say to people who were trendy thinkers , concerned about the world about them ( with a little sex thrown in to make sure that the readers were suitably titillated ! ) |