Example sentences of "say [vb base] [pers pn] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says thank you and please . |
| 2 | I said thank you and secretly wished her teeth would fall out so she would not be as beautiful . |
| 3 | I was so shaken up and upset I did not get to say thank you or even see his face , just the helpful hand outstretched to me . |
| 4 | When I asked the headmistress of a junior school my daughter had been attending about the racist remarks children at the school had been making her answer was well-meaning and typical : ‘ Asking them to say thank you and please or asking them not to swear is one thing but asking them not to say ‘ nigger ’ or ‘ wog ’ or ‘ black people stink ’ is quite another . |
| 5 | ‘ I would say watch it and then do n't try it . ’ |