Example sentences of "he say [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fleapit at the centre of another Rose script , The Smallest Show on Earth ( 1957 , Big Time Operators in US ) , directed by Ealing 's Basil Dearden , is eventually burnt to the ground by its old commissionaire : ‘ It were the only way were n't it ’ , he says to the cooing couple who inherited the place in a town stinking of glue from the local factory , together with staff so lost in the past that they still enjoy looking at Hepworth 's Comin ’ Thro ’ The Rye . |
| 2 | As he says in the following extract : |
| 3 | ‘ Hullo , mate , ’ he says in the English accent of his late father . |
| 4 | What he said at the Tory Party Conference last year was that he was going to set the agenda ; the environmental agenda for the nineties . |
| 5 | Erm the other thing that , that I could n't quite hear but I thought when you were asking him about where he 'd been with the navy , I thought he said to the Far East unfortunately . |
| 6 | Then he said to the young woman , with a smile , ‘ Why do n't you come with me , my dear ? |
| 7 | He could understand — so he said to the top brass after the Frenchman had departed — why the French took exception to an Englishman holding such a key position in Europe . |
| 8 | So he said to the little man , ‘ I will take the pretty glass key . ’ |
| 9 | Whether Dr Neil had noticed her hesitation or not , he said to the little woman — ignoring both Sally-Anne 's anger over his cruelty , and her thanks — which just went to show , she thought crossly , that it was no use trying to placate the unpleasant creatures — ‘ Matey , you will make us all a hot pot of tea , strong and sweet . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said to the old servant woman . |
| 11 | They nearly beat me , ’ he said to the whole house , much pleased with what he had said . |
| 12 | ‘ Shit , ’ he said to the empty room , and then left it to chew on the idea . |
| 13 | When Jesus saw their faith , he said to the paralysed man … 11b . |
| 14 | ‘ Thanks , Brian , ’ he said to the hovering Everthorpe . |
| 15 | ‘ Stay where you are , ’ he said to the unexpected guest , ‘ I 'll be there in ten minutes . ’ |
| 16 | Outside he said to the beautiful brunette : |
| 17 | He said of the Nicaraguan literacy campaign : ‘ literacy only has meaning in a society undergoing revolutionary change ’ . |
| 18 | He said of the American stylist : ‘ I 'm not interested in him . |
| 19 | ‘ This is a spacious bay , ’ he said from the far side of the couch . |
| 20 | He said in the small room with the bed . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ he said in the new year , a couple of days after term had started , ‘ I 've certainly been and gone and upset Nerina , of all people . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're from the south , ’ he said in the cracking silence . |
| 23 | As he said in The Favourite Game : ‘ Seven to 11 is a huge chunk of life , full of dulling and forgetting , ’ though perhaps some of the ‘ forgetting ’ was deliberate . |