Example sentences of "[noun] say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The researchers say in some cases the after effects can compare with those suffered by survivors of major tragedies like the Zebrugree disaster . |
| 2 | Experts say on 12 October it will wipe out the hard disc of any machine it has entered . |
| 3 | I mean if you left your dinner another half hour say till five |
| 4 | club rules say about all this ? |
| 5 | Alison say about previous ideas , what 's that . |
| 6 | Would not a more reasonable decision have been to fix the subscription at the direct debit level but offer a discount of £5.00 for payment say within 14 days of the due date ? |
| 7 | US foreign aid , the authors say with some irony , has contributed greatly to the ‘ modernization of Third World poverty ’ . |
| 8 | Everything that Labour says about public spending shows that it is completely indifferent to inflation , which would have a bad effect on unemployment . |
| 9 | Where personal profiles have a strength , however , is in what the critic says about personal reactions to artist and work . |
| 10 | Though Bede says at one point that Oswiu also made tributary the Scots ( of Dál Riata ) ( HE II , 5 ) , there is no direct evidence for this . |
| 11 | There is still a great deal to say about this interaction of knowledge , reasoning , and language , and we shall be exploring it further in 4 to 6 . |
| 12 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 13 | You 'll have a great deal to say to each other , wo n't you ? |
| 14 | I have always maintained , ’ Woolley said with ponderous irony , ‘ that the way to avoid a long argument is to shoot the other man before he starts . |
| 15 | Nobody in the workshop has a good to say for that machine . |
| 16 | Donna said through clenched teeth . |
| 17 | You should try looking some time , ’ Donna said with gleeful malice . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'll lose all the spoons tonight ! ’ the Countess said with undisguised satisfaction , then turned as applause greeted the stately polonaise which had progressed from the far side of the house , advanced through the entrance hall and now entered the ballroom to open the dancing formally . |
| 19 | Eloise said at last , ‘ I 'm going back home and I 'll contact my lawyers . |
| 20 | ‘ Estrangement from JM almost complete , ’ Vaughan wrote in his journal , ‘ scarcely ever meet — only amicable , rather strained pleasantries to say to each other . |
| 21 | At the end of it when the whole vocal had been recorded , David said to this guy , ‘ Just out of interest , is this my original lyric ’ The guy said , ‘ Oh no , it 's a beautiful ballad about a boy and girl and they go out in the mist on the mountain ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ We must be giving them quite some headaches in the Pentagon , ’ Hawkins said in some satisfaction . |
| 23 | Asked about BBC1 and 2 , ITV and Channel 4 , more than two-thirds of respondents in the ITC study said in each case they had not been offended by the channel in question . |
| 24 | All would be revealed , Mr Gorbachev said on national television , for the Soviet people had a right to know . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure you have , ’ Scott said with great relief . |
| 26 | ‘ It was probably the need for assistance , ’ Lucy said with sudden understanding . |
| 27 | Therese said with some ferocity , ‘ They think of themselves . ’ |
| 28 | Best of all , perhaps , was his splendid spoonerism that came from an ambitious attempt to say of one player , ‘ He 's sticking out his bottom — like someone sitting on a shooting stick . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Giovanna 'll be here in the morning , ’ Molly said with determined brightness . |
| 30 | ‘ It will be , ’ Molly said with considerable feeling , ‘ when he 's finished writing about them . ’ |