Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 2 | Well some , I think it 's probably British Section , probably the best way just to write and say that we know , this is the case |
| 3 | San Román , who was expelled from the ruling Cambio 90 party as a " traitor " , challenged Fujimori 's authority to rule and said that he would establish his own government . |
| 4 | The fatal approach was to falter and say that whatever he had asked for could not be found — then , the violence was terrifying . |
| 5 | If you talk to people in the street the majority of people who have young children are certainly saying we need day care , we need opportunities for ourselves erm and are quite prepared , some of them at any rate , to go and say that to their local councillors and to write to their M Ps . |
| 6 | He called on Moi to resign and said that he intended to join FORD . |
| 7 | Ramsey confessed that they had done a lot of harm and ought to apologize but said that the best of them were trying to , and that the Church of England ought to apologize to the high churchmen for the way in which it sometimes treated them . |
| 8 | She did n't know what to do or say and wished he would do or say something to break the silence . |
| 9 | It was unkind of Dorrainge to criticise and say that Medoc would be able to see them , and that Medoc would be able to tell everything they did . |
| 10 | You have to have a licence to have a C.B. and when you get your licence you also get given a rule book which tells you all the things you are and are not allowed to do and say when using the C.B. One of the rules is that you are not allowed to swear down the C.B. as anybody can listen into your conversation and hear you swearing . |
| 11 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 12 | So the coalition should have given a reasoned reply , welcoming the offer to withdraw and saying that all the other issues are open for discussion once the withdrawal has taken place and a cease-fire is in operation . |
| 13 | Even the vegetarian has to cut the force , that through the green fuse drives the lettuce , in order to be able to live and say that meat is murder . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
| 15 | But suddenly realised , ‘ You got Lubor to ring and say that my car had been delivered here ! ’ |
| 16 | She had even managed to shrug and say that , after all , the Fiana 's Head must be a person of some charm . |
| 17 | To generalize and say that it stood for anything at all was self-delusion and deceit . |