Example sentences of "that he [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you think that he said said to court he was gon na go for ? |
| 2 | Well he keeps telling me that he keeps saying . |
| 3 | I read in a newspaper recently that he 'd said , ‘ I 've only ever done one chat show and I 'll never do another one . ’ |
| 4 | But all that he 'd said was , ‘ She 'll be along in about an hour . |
| 5 | He was staring at the lake , regretful perhaps that he 'd said too much not to say more . |
| 6 | He also remembered that he 'd said he 'd ring Frances about the possibility of going down to Miles and Juliet 's on the Sunday , but decided to do that the next morning . |
| 7 | He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world . |
| 8 | Not that he 'd said so ; he had n't spoken a word to her since the guide had joined them . |
| 9 | Some good thing had been voiced , and Wilde had remarked that he wished that he had said it — and was then told : . |
| 10 | He spent many hours of darkness , sweating lightly in spite or the autumn and early winter cold , wishing some of his replies unsaid , and wishing above all that he had said anything at all after the examiner 's last remark . |
| 11 | Ramsey afterwards could not remember a word that he had said in his speech . |
| 12 | Now , in Rome , Frank turned to Mac and reminded him , in front of me , that he had said I was responsible for messing up the change-over . |
| 13 | He told me that he had said to Ivy that he hoped between the three of us we might make head or tail of it , and she said , ‘ Well , we are three intelligent people , so I ca n't see why we should have any difficulty . ’ |
| 14 | Kirov fell silent , knowing that he had said enough for the time being . |
| 15 | Constance , who felt that he had said this a thousand times before , usually shrugged impatiently . |
| 16 | Then a rumour was spread that he had said Mass in the old Roman form at the funeral of Edward VI . |
| 17 | As Joe walked away he felt that he had said goodbye to the last phase of his youth , and that his storm of weeping had swept him into manhood and away from all connection with the woman back in that room . |
| 18 | He absorbed another spoonful of nursery food , thinking that he had said something rather good which could be used in next week 's article . |
| 19 | And Prince Charles is starting to say things about that and whether that was misquoted in the press or whether he actually said it , the point was it was leaked that he had said it to a group of MP 's . |
| 20 | He knew at once that he had said the wrong thing . |
| 21 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 22 | When Sarah told her that he had been offered and refused a foreman 's job , Anne was bitterly angry that he had said nothing about it when they met the previous evening , but now she was unable to resist saying , ‘ Yes , that would be great , ’ as coolly as possible . |
| 23 | Scarlet thought first that this sentiment could be attributable to Barbs , then that , in view of her own lack of a career , it was insensitive of Brian to mention it and then that he had said it out of spite . |
| 24 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 25 | It was all very well to remind herself that she and William were individuals who gloried in their independence , and that he had said nothing about getting in touch or when he would be back . |
| 26 | ‘ He telephoned to tell me about it … he was very angry when he saw you with that book and I could tell that he had said things he should not have said . ’ |
| 27 | That he had said , quite bluntly . |
| 28 | Robyn listened , stared , digesting all that he had said and then looked back at the magnificent sixty-foot holly tree . |
| 29 | I asked him what he had told the Department of Trade and Industry , and he said that he had said nothing . |
| 30 | The microphone was likely to exaggerate the idiosyncrasies of a voice , so that he appeared to say ‘ Jairmany ’ rather ‘ Germany ’ and ‘ Jeeoos ’ rather than ‘ Jews ’ . |