Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] to say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | While driving my car I am able to say to my passengers that I am about to turn right before I have actually done so . |
| 2 | I am able to say to my right hon. Friend that I raised that matter with President Yeltsin very forcibly indeed . |
| 3 | Similarly a blind social worker commented : ‘ I 'm able to say to my clients , ‘ I 'll help you , but there are certain ways in which you are going to have to help me ’ , and the client does n't feel totally taken over or totally worthless . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ? |
| 5 | took me a lot of years before I could and I was so pleased when once I was able to say to you I 've Ben had been in the shop and we 'd had a chat had n't we ? |
| 6 | So now Theodora looked across at the Inspector , wondering just how much she was prepared to say to this man . |
| 7 | Rice says : ‘ It 's unfair to say to a small black voluntary group with little finance that it should have a certain number of staff ; many are new to developing management committees and constitutions . |
| 8 | It is right to say to the House and to the nation that the Prime Minister is presently with the President of the United States and the Heads of State of most European Governments and others . |
| 9 | It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible . |
| 10 | Yeah actually he was supposed to say to Jeff |
| 11 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |