Example sentences of "say [indef pn] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wind and rattle sounds I 'd hear her start to cry and put my arm around her and lift her chin and say something that would calm her . |
| 2 | Say something that will get her … interested . ’ |
| 3 | Fortunately , and by pure chance , I had said nothing that could lead her to assume that we thought that she was travelling with them — as arranged . ’ |
| 4 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 5 | First , the hon. Gentleman is terrified of saying anything that would upset his trade union paymasters ; secondly , he is afraid to do anything that would remind the electorate of the chains that bind his party to those paymasters — the bosses of the trade unions . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 7 | I was aching to say something that would help her . |
| 8 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 9 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |