Example sentences of "say to [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The return system , we , we say to the girls they must come back but they 're to be incorporated within the round . |
| 2 | A shopkeeper in Nuremberg who said to a customer what ‘ in these days was common to almost everybody in Nuremberg ’ , that Hitler was set on continuing the war , tried to deceive the people into thinking that he still had a miracle weapon , and was ‘ nothing more than a criminal ’ , was denounced by the customer , taken away by the police , and shot for ‘ subversion of the military power ’ . |
| 3 | But the policeman turned his back to Soapy and said to a man who was standing near , ‘ He 's had too much to drink , but he 's not dangerous . |
| 4 | So the nurse said to the sister she said he 's got a bit of jaundice , but they were whispering and Pete said well dad , so mum said no bloody jaundice she said , he , he |
| 5 | I said to the builder I 've got more up there than I 've got downstairs ! |
| 6 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 7 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
| 8 | So he said to the man who led the horse , Sam Burch : |
| 9 | " Everything all right , Hank ? " he said to the gentleman who was holding this artillery piece in his hand . |
| 10 | I said to the bloke I said how do you get out that junction ? |
| 11 | I said to the bloke I 'll not bloody pay . |
| 12 | I said to the farmers we s you should cut grass and you get nitrates into the water and I said to the farmers er er about their slurry throwing erm a muck across the land , we know the problems that causes , I said if we came out with fertilisers which were would you buy them if it costed a bit more . |
| 13 | She did , I 'd never forget it as long as I live , I thought to myself well you stupid cow , all she could think of was a fifty pence key , so I , I said to them , I said to the girls I 'm glad to be out but of course when they all went cos there was Lynda and all the girls from customer service that were kicked out and all of us that were there and they all said oh we 've got ta go back to work and we said oh ai n't that a shame you know , and we all went |
| 14 | " There 's been a death in his family , " Tom said to the barman who was looking curiously at the pale , wide-eyed young man . |
| 15 | ‘ I said to the people who were tinkering with the drafting ‘ Stop : we 're not trying to complete the circle . |
| 16 | A little more of the same , ’ he said to the waitress who had come to the table with Harvey 's coffee and was watching Signor fragolli with close interest . |
| 17 | So he said erm I said to the woman I went to the court this morning so he said when you explain to me he said I 've got money in my pockets cos I borrowed it from dad tha he said I owed sixty two pound so he said I said to the woman in the court how can I pay this the sixty two pounds when you 've frozen my account ? |
| 18 | He makes her he makes her oh he said to the children you can go in the house with your dirty boots . |
| 19 | Though I tried to read Marx I could n't connect what he said to the world I knew . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the youths , ’ he said to the Moslems who complained . |
| 21 | Oh mostly that really , supposedly going to America in February the sixth and the doctor , she said to the doctor what 's the matter and he said you 're really , really run down then he said to her what I suggest you do is to go and buy some cartons of fresh orange juice , a jar of honey and some natural live yoghurt and she 's ate it all , now she 's got diarrhoea ca n't win can ya ? |
| 22 | Cos she said to the doctor she said , What 's the matter with her ? |
| 23 | I I said to the chap he said did you have a good day , this little guy sitting next to me he answered yeah , good day yes did you see us ? |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't have anything to say to the nonsense our French friend has been uttering . |
| 25 | Now quite frankly Mr Deputy Speaker , if we want these new constituencies , including South Essex , it seems we 're going to have to say to the French they can have lots and lots of money to build lots and lots of new buildings for this rather ridiculous parliament and quite honestly Mr Deputy Speaker , members tonight in voting on the new boundaries will really have to decide what we want to do . |
| 26 | By the time he had rallied and got himself together and was thinking of things to say to the police it was too late and they were heading north . |
| 27 | Is there something you wish to say to the solicitor which I should not hear or say for you ? ’ |
| 28 | People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years . |
| 29 | What could you say to a person who was possessed since being possessed was a mystery ? |
| 30 | By opportunities for learning that can be at depth , about learning about ourselves , but also the practical things like what do you say to a child whose father 's come back mutilated from war erm how do you write a letter to a bereaved person , and I think children I mean they are capable of doing this , I 've seen it with my own children , with some help they 're able to express quite deep emotions , you know , to somebody who 's had a bereavement , and if they can learn that now , you know , it 's going to be a lot easier later on . |