Example sentences of "what he [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 2 | ‘ Shelley — ’ Miguel was turning to the patient , and Shelley did n't hear what he meant to say . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What Gromyko had said to him and what he had said to Shevardnadze . |
| 5 | They nearly beat me , ’ he said to the whole house , much pleased with what he had said . |
| 6 | He altered that to , ‘ Can you put the light out , dear ? ’ when she bashed him with the book and asked him to repeat what he had said . |
| 7 | ‘ And it appeared to me that Casey had n't even picked up what he had said . |
| 8 | It was greeted in silence because no-one understood what he had said . |
| 9 | ‘ But why ? ’ asked Endill before realising what he had said . |
| 10 | Uncle Harry did not understand , but there was a trace of truth in what he had said . |
| 11 | Now , contrary to what he had said in The Economics , he acknowledged that this exchange could only be effected via market relations , i.e. ‘ petty-bourgeois economy ’ . |
| 12 | Ranulf repeated what he had said . |
| 13 | As she watched him striding up the beach she tried to consider what he had said but with his loss the full weight of her grief hit her with a thud that stopped her eyes , her ears , her brain . |
| 14 | Adam lay in bed beside Anne , his mind repeating what he had said to Rufus on that wonderful day in June . |
| 15 | He shrugged his shoulders and went off leaving me to ponder what he had said . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've quit , ’ said Hank absently , and realized a second too late what he had said . |
| 17 | Exasperated with all this pussy-footing , and knowing of Mountbatten 's wishes that what he had said should be known , I saw to it that a transcript of the Suez programme reached my friend Bernard Levin at The Times , and he published the core of it in two long articles . |
| 18 | She soon realised that what he had said was true : taste and style were inborn . |
| 19 | And Len had witnessed his reaction and this had prompted Len to do what he had said he would n't do again , and that was to try and persuade him to accompany him home . |
| 20 | Maybe he had not lied , and in any case what he had said about the cottage being his home could easily be checked . |
| 21 | Could there have been that much truth in what he had said ? |
| 22 | She knew that Michael was capable of attacking Garry for what he had said . |
| 23 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 24 | That she had n't been taken in , was what he had said ! |
| 25 | What he had said was quite true ; there was almost nothing left . |
| 26 | She thought that what he had said was likely to be either partially or totally untrue , but it was not her concern . |
| 27 | " As soon as I had realized what he had said I returned home again immediately . " |
| 28 | Perhaps their fidgeting and silence had nothing to do with what he had said ? |
| 29 | What he had said was meant to be consoling . |
| 30 | For fine and powerful though his words were , they had seemed to come from beyond him and here , now , alone in this miserable place , with Minch gone from the Cages , he was already doubting the truth of what he had said only moments before . |