Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to know what she thought about everything , because as he told her he found everything she had to say so interesting . |
| 2 | Powell and Pressburger could n't find the stories that expressed what they wanted to say to a contemporary audience , Reed suffered a loss of nerve after making two exceptional films with Graham Greene ( Fallen Idol and The Third Man ) . |
| 3 | He adapted what he had to say according to those he was concerned with and their situation . |
| 4 | ‘ There were a few kids who came up to meet me and said that they were n't going to vote until they heard what I had to say . ’ |
| 5 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 6 | Perhaps he assumed a little too readily that his audience understood what he had to say . |
| 7 | As he explained when I met him , he became so angry when he read what they had to say about the Princess that he wanted to ring the editors and complain , but realized that , rather than spending every day on the telephone , a simpler solution was to stop reading them . |
| 8 | He had something he wanted to say to the Christian world and the question was how best to say it . |
| 9 | Newman sensed he had something he wanted to say and was n't sure how to put it as he opened the gate for Paula . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got an overnight bag packed , but before we go — ’ she took a hold on herself to begin , then found that he had something he wanted to say too — and that he did n't mind cutting across what she was saying , to say it . |
| 11 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 12 | Plastering his face with grease and wiping away Hook 's villainous eyebrows , he said what he had to say . |
| 13 | Charles said what he had to say , softly but firmly . |
| 14 | So I just said what I intended to say and put the phone down . |
| 15 | Ruth kissed her aunt and then , clasping her hands tightly in her own , she said what she had to say as gently as possible . |
| 16 | Instead , she said what she had to say , knowing that this was the time to get it out . |
| 17 | I shall not attempt to repeat what I said then , for repetition makes bores of us all in the House ; I am glad , however , that the scepticism that greeted what I had to say about the benefits of a single European currency has since been replaced by understanding and support in several quarters . |
| 18 | Coffin wondered what he had to say . |
| 19 | I wondered what you had to say about it . ’ |