Example sentences of "say [prep] [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She picked up her cup , and said in a voice as cool as she could make it , ‘ Yes , I have heard of Miss Foy , and what you say of her is true . |
2 | Alright well , generally then I think from hearing what you 're saying , erm , some good points , some perhaps things that you 'd do differently next time , and then what it obviously says about you is that , you 're all managers and you all have different styles , and you possibly do things in different ways . |
3 | ‘ If all that is said about you is true , then you ought to know , ’ Jehan observed . |
4 | From what we have said above it is clear that there is no single structure for reports , although what follows can be used as a model : |
5 | Cos it 's it 's puts it do , I know you were saying about it 's difficult to answer yes or no to a question but i in this case it 's really true because I answered no but I 've I 've got erm I mean I 've I 've got a degree in politics and I studied er , I did a a course women in politics |
6 | He 'll be saying to me is that lady coming who lives in a hole now , Bodger and Badger . |
7 | you 're saying to it 's logical conclusion , then why do n't we just erm , open up Hampden up sell the stuff there , you know people , you know , if children want it or adults |
8 | What I 'm saying to you is that , that we actually need to find additional money for this , because this is over our budgeted amount if we are to proceed , and I , the clerk is suggesting to us that we do proceed , because he 's concerned on our behalfs . |
9 | I think erm what she 's really saying to you is that writing 's not an art , writing is a science , bloody hard work . |
10 | Yeah , but I think all the things they said about him were true , I hate the man I do . |
11 | Thought you said about you 're ready for shutting . |
12 | and I said to her is that what your going to call your baby and she said yes , so I said well you realize what the initials spell and she went Pauline , oh my goodness I did n't know that |
13 | For some reason , Fenella thought most of what I said to her was rude . |
14 | And I ca n't see that what she said to me is any of your business . ’ |
15 | All Irene said to me was that what worried her was that ‘ she had said nothing to her ’ . |
16 | Never thought any more about it and she said to me was that this morning ? |
17 | But Pickering said later : ‘ What Vinnie said to me was unrepeatable . ’ |
18 | I of that and I said to him is that the last one ? |
19 | er I said , er , all I said to him was that , erm , he said , he said he was going back er up , up and down most weekends to er |