Example sentences of "say [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The famous ‘ secrecy ’ of the Messiah in St Mark 's Gospel , for instance ( 'See thou say nothing to any man' ) , does not really fit into either of Lewis 's categories of raving lunatic or self-proclaimed Divinity . |
2 | Yet the accounts of the explorers Armand and Michaela Menise , who travelled the land but a season earlier , say nothing of such an edifice . |
3 | ‘ I beg you , say nothing of this to anyone . ’ |
4 | ‘ Say nothing about these papers , Poole , ’ he said . |
5 | The brief memories written for R. L. Watson in the late 1940s by the poet 's second and third brothers say nothing about this period . |
6 | Go now , and say nothing about this . ’ |
7 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
8 | And to the normal layman that sounds better than not say nothing at all . |
9 | I believe I say nothing at all . |
10 | But as you say you at that point you do have to stop . |
11 | say something like that , oh no . |
12 | They say something like this : ‘ Here you are , a cultured person , you know and understand the meaning of this ancient monument . |
13 | The erm pensioners and the employees have no say whatsoever in that . |
14 | I I say it to all whoever comes in here and they 're |
15 | Say it at same price again , yeah . |
16 | Why not come out arid say it in this day and age , she muttered to herself as she dialled the number . |
17 | When I say it like that I 'm struck by how near that is to Pope 's ‘ What e'er was thought / But ne'er so well expressed ’ definition of poetry . |
18 | Say it , you say it like that , what 's the correct name ? |
19 | She 's your daughter She said there 's no need to up and say it like that . |
20 | That 's right , say it like that ! |
21 | We we just have this weird notation that we write it like this and we say it like that cos squared Z what we mean |
22 | He is evil when you say it like that . |
23 | I remember when you say it like that . |
24 | when you say it like this . |
25 | We have a body that deals with police here and they should be doing there duties , no good the local police tell us there 's only eight members a shift , cos we do n't believe it , they get on the Council and so they someone say what about all these other places that are being robbed of a night time . . |
26 | Erm , say anything about that ? |
27 | My Lord , erm those are , those are my submissions my Lord , I was going to say something about my learned friends somewhat unusual request to your Lordship to make disparaging comments in judgment about the defendants case , my learned friend wishes to make disparaging comments we save a proper place for those in his submissions when he comes to apply to strike out , or say anything about that , erm , my Lord erm perhaps erm as a , as a final point , erm Mr Bernard after having reviewed a piano recital once wrote , the only thing he enjoyed more than this directive performance was having his teeth pulled , I think your Lordship has not found that the last five and a half days are equally an under defended experience in relation to , to this mornings sir activity |
28 | What could I have done to make Justin holier than thou , say anything like that ? |
29 | She asked why I had said nothing about that accident on the bypass , or seeing Old Red and General Francis on my holiday . |
30 | The two friends I went fishing with have been at work today but they have said nothing about any practical joke . |