Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sign should n't say anything about the roads , instead it should say in huge luminous letters : ‘ Island People Are Different ’ . |
| 2 | I would say to other pregnant teenagers that I think it 's great if they are happy about it . |
| 3 | I would say to any prospective newcomer , choose your training organisation to suit your needs , and enjoy your training and future diving , but beware of those who would try and make you prejudiced against all others . |
| 4 | She had always had , as she would say with that breathless half of a nervous laugh with which she met anyone 's emotions including her own , this sort of a ‘ thing ’ about Italy . |
| 5 | And what on earth Papa would say of that banal piece of wisdom she could not imagine — and why was Papa , whom she had parted from in a high old anger , so much in her thoughts these days ? |
| 6 | Yeah I genuinely look all I can say about this new album is if I 'd have continued recording for the last twenty odd years and had a sustained recording career like Cliff continued singing , this would have been the album that I would 've ended up doing anyway . |
| 7 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 8 | ‘ It was n't me , ’ a man can say after some foul abomination such as hitting his wife or putting his penis in a prostitute 's dribbling mouth , ‘ It was n't really me . |
| 9 | All I can say in these hectic times is thank goodness for Marks & Spencer 's prepared meals . |