Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] say [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catch us if you can says Mike |
| 2 | I do n't think she 's asking for you because they 'll say Mr , |
| 3 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
| 4 | But it truly is , Fenella. if the Robemaker is there , or even if one of his horrid spells — what they call Sentry Spells — is lurking , we 'd be taken up and captured before you could say Gruagach . |
| 5 | Before you could say Maradona , Boss Man had won and they had gone in a puff of Deep Heat vapour . |
| 6 | No housekeeper could have resisted such an impassioned deputation : Violet was duly taken on and had donned her skivvy 's apron before you could say Octavia Hill . |
| 7 | Though we 'll be home before you can say Jack Robinson . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll be back before you can say Jack Robinson . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you touch that fish I 'll have you up the steps before you can say Jack Robinson , ’ hissed Herbie , going blue in the face ‘ Whaddya mean , ’ argued Lofty , ‘ I found im and I got ta licence . ’ |
| 10 | If she is not watched like a hawk she will be in trouble of some sort before you can say Jack Robinson . ’ |
| 11 | Before you can say Edward de Bono , it might have found a way of creatively accounting your taxes , so the taxman actually owes you money . |
| 12 | In the end a single telephone call to London saved us before we could say Jack Robinson . |
| 13 | ‘ Though I dare say Miss Theda would n't fret . |