Example sentences of "she [vb mod] say [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she finished here and made her way to the sitting room , there were certain things she must say to Cissie , and she must say them without alarming the girl , yet , at the same time , make her aware that she was no longer a child , that she already had the mark of a woman on her . |
| 2 | Can you imagine what she must say to Matthew ? ’ |
| 3 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 4 | She did not begin to think of what she might say to Kathleen . |
| 5 | But the thing is , my mum 's an and , and Trevor 's Aunty Edna have started writing to each other and have become friends so we 'll see you again at Christmas she 'll say to aunty Edna ! |
| 6 | And she 'll say to Jimmy erm I do n't know how you 're managing to look after yourself . |
| 7 | Which was more than she could say for Uriah Colclough , a spare , already balding man in his mid-thirties who , having been torn all his life between a religious vocation and a natural Colclough desire to make money , lived like an industrialist but dressed like a vicar . |
| 8 | But there was nothing she could say in way of denial . |
| 9 | She practised what she 'd say to Sir Willie on the other dealers . |
| 10 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 11 | I 've always wanted an en suite bathroom , she would say to visitors , to her friends on the phone , to , he would n't be surprised , tradesmen on the doorstep or strangers she accosted in the street . |
| 12 | Folly stood up and resumed her pacing , practising in her head all the things she would say to Luke Hunter when he finally deigned to make contact . |
| 13 | ‘ Think about nice things ! ’ she would say to Henry as she tucked him into bed at night . |
| 14 | ‘ Let's talk about happier days , ’ she would say to Alice , ‘ I was so careful with your mother always . |
| 15 | If she were Norma Major , she would say to John : ‘ We could take the Jaguar and chauffeur , and cruise through Ealing . |
| 16 | When the rumour reached Gabriel she began to realize what she would say to John Coffin . |
| 17 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh Jessie , she 's no good , ’ she would say in front of the poor , unfortunate Girl . |