Example sentences of "[noun prp] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teacher — What did Sir Francis Drake say to his men before sailing off to defeat the Spanish Armada ? |
| 2 | Those who work with Herefords say they 're a delight to handle . |
| 3 | In the west , Severn Trent say their reservoirs are full . |
| 4 | The old Tominahs say that this crescent-moon shape means the bottom arc of a great vertical circle of our lives — the section at which we are all most deeply plunged into matter . |
| 5 | What did Walter de la Mare say — look your last on all things lovely every hour ? |
| 6 | Harwell say this is the best lab in the world for this experiment . |
| 7 | Harwell say this is the best lab in the world for this experiment . |
| 8 | I was glad to hear Lord Belstead say he would not use internment . |
| 9 | Meanwhile council officers in Swindon say they ca n't cope with any more terrapins . |
| 10 | Swindon say as a player he is worth a million pounds , and they should be compensated accordingly . |
| 11 | The figure 's three times more than Spurs were offering and Swindon say they 're delighted , although they wo n't get the full amount themselves . |
| 12 | Doctors in Swindon say they 've seen three cases of a rare illness normally associated with Third World countries . |
| 13 | Language , William Burroughs say , is a virus . |
| 14 | ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison . |
| 15 | ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison . |
| 16 | Sun and ICL say they are there to ‘ endorse ’ HyperSparc , though neither rules out use of the part in future system plans . |
| 17 | Smith and Lady Colin say they both received a copy of the letter in the post from an anonymous source . |
| 18 | But wheelchair-bound Betty Richardson of Oakfield , Newton Aycliffe , and her husband Jim say they will go elsewhere to shop . |
| 19 | No if we er do something so as they have a checklist and we can all , you know like me and Jim say , have a copy to say oh right , can we take your name and address , telephone number |
| 20 | March say the première of Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , realized by Jacobs with infinite delicacy and exquisite style . |
| 21 | Victoria say asked . |
| 22 | John wrote to Hanns during rehearsals that ‘ Lionel and Lillian say it 's most difficult pas de deux they 've ever had to do . ’ |
| 23 | Oklahoma is packed with hit songs such as ‘ People Will Say We 're In Love ’ |
| 24 | An eventful match for the recalled David Gower say him become England 's most-capped player and , with this boundary off Aqib , England 's highest runscorer , surpassing Geoff Boycott 's old record |
| 25 | Relatives of Poole and Mills say the two men were acting in self defence . |
| 26 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 27 | JERVIS say the Lord 's Prayer together . |
| 28 | ‘ What would uncle Reed say to you if he were alive ? ’ |
| 29 | Safina Hussain and Huma Farooqui say they quickly signed up 25 students at their college for the ANL , and intend to continue spreading the message . |
| 30 | Confucius say : you can not wear silver studs and a bleeding heart on the same sleeve . |