Example sentences of "say [pron] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wind and rattle sounds I 'd hear her start to cry and put my arm around her and lift her chin and say something that would calm her . |
| 2 | Say something that will get her … interested . ’ |
| 3 | Fortunately , and by pure chance , I had said nothing that could lead her to assume that we thought that she was travelling with them — as arranged . ’ |
| 4 | Yes er er made an important point , er the application is not in front of the Committee most important that will be says anything that would prejudge consideration of that application . |
| 5 | This is the first of a series of questions designed to trap Jesus into saying something that could lead to his arrest . |
| 6 | The meaning of a ( simple ) sentence is qualitatively different from that of any of its constituents — it is capable of saying something that can stand on its own as a message . |
| 7 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 8 | While some Labour politicians have been supportive , others have displayed a small-minded determination to avoid saying anything that might offend Muslim voters , as if that was the highest issue at stake . |
| 9 | First , the hon. Gentleman is terrified of saying anything that would upset his trade union paymasters ; secondly , he is afraid to do anything that would remind the electorate of the chains that bind his party to those paymasters — the bosses of the trade unions . |
| 10 | With so many variable factors , it ought to be possible to provide a ‘ fit ’ to almost any curve ; the interesting point of the study is whether or not the scale factors put into the equations seem to be saying anything that would lead to an elucidation of the influences at work . |
| 11 | I realized then just how many times , over the months , I had had evidence of this fear , and how careful I had always been to avoid doing or saying anything that could threaten the bastions he erected to guard his frail defences . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 13 | She stared , and said something that might have been a question or a rejection . |
| 14 | I was aching to say something that would help her . |
| 15 | Claire saw his hands clench and thought , ‘ Oh , poor Frank , he 's trying to say something that will make Daddy cross . ’ |
| 16 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 17 | They did n't seem prepared to say anything that might appear embarrassing or gauche later on . |
| 18 | I did n't want to say anything that could stop Sir Henry from coming to live at the Hall . |
| 19 | Mary said : ‘ My ultimate concern is not to say anything that will damage Stewart 's career . |
| 20 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 21 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |