Example sentences of "her to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If the silly bitch says no and you get her to say maybe , whatever inimitable persuasion you used , she changed her mind . |
| 2 | She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’ |
| 3 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 4 | If she were still in Britain , it would be too late for her to say much in time for morning editions . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's for her to say . |
| 6 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 7 | She has felt sick ever since the final board interview : four middleaged middle-class men rub their hands at her qualifications , her feminine ability to spot what they want her to say and to say it , her freaky clothes that suggest her safe token Marxism and her fashionably feminist views . |
| 8 | ‘ I could not understand what she said , because it was too preposterous for her to say . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ When I first came out I stayed with Julia and I 've since heard from her to say well done , ’ says Corinne . |
| 10 | Philip could n't persuade her to say pudding , when it was ice cream or some sugary mousse . |
| 11 | Why , Eileen wondered , is it all right for her to say that about her husband 's mother , and wrong for me to tell the truth about Mrs Arbuthnot ? |
| 12 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 13 | She said many a wicked word , and many a cruel word ; she knew no virtue or goodness , she desired all wickedness ; like as the spirits tempted her to say and do , so she said and did ’ . |
| 14 | Tell her to say nothing about the child . |
| 15 | There was no need for her to say who ‘ he ’ was ; her eager face was enough . |
| 16 | He looked inquiringly at her , waiting for her to say more , but when she did not introduced the man he was with as Ollie , another guitarist . |
| 17 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 18 | These would include such features as : allowing the child to initiate a high proportion of interactions : providing conversational bridges — " turnabouts " as Kaye and Charney ( 1980 ) call them — which both respond to the child 's previous utterance and invite him or her to say more ; making reference predominantly to the child 's or to joint activities ; and responding to the child 's utterances with extensions , which both confirm the acceptability of his or her contribution and help them to pursue the topic further . |
| 19 | I waited for her to say something else , but she did n't , so I asked to speak to Toby . |
| 20 | It would n't have hurt her to say she was sorry . ’ |
| 21 | He knew he could trust her to say nothing to their mother . |
| 22 | He saw how she bridled at the question , but saw also how the truth forbade her to say yes . |
| 23 | Every evening he made her sit with him and ordered her to say to him , ‘ You are very handsome , my lord . ’ |
| 24 | Dexter had expected her to say that the day was to be spent seeking more evidence against David Parkin . |
| 25 | It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband . |
| 26 | I could n't get her to say more . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't get her to say exactly , but she says she 's getting by . |
| 28 | He joined her to say he would not be in the office that morning , a contact in the city had an exclusive story for him and they had arranged a meeting . |
| 29 | Rain asked her to say goodbye to Linda for her and was about to go . |
| 30 | Martha wrote in turn — it did n't occur to her to say it aloud , although Richard could hear perfectly well — BUSY , SHE 'S PACKING . |