Example sentences of "say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you what it was , it was Samsung , if you 've a little bit of tape and you end at beginning and you want it , well say you wanted to tape to test a little bit say off telly or |
| 2 | What you say during a political campaign is the concrete foundation of it . |
| 3 | If quick decisions are needed , say during the sales , then at least work out the approximate size of the spaces you have in mind and look out for pieces of furniture that will best fit into them . |
| 4 | Cigarettes were passed to Mr Say during the day . |
| 5 | Once all your preparations are complete , try starting off by doing a number of short rides , say between three and six miles . |
| 6 | Let us take an example of someone who is now thirty-five years old and who has been somewhat overweight , say between 15 and 30 lb , for at least ten years . |
| 7 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 8 | For each client , list the nursing interventions either by yourself or someone else , such as ‘ insulin injection ’ , ‘ mouth care ’ , ‘ socialisation ’ , ‘ health promotion ’ , that each required in the fist hour of care , say between eight and nine , or nine and 10 in the morning . |
| 9 | Often a wrought iron gate , strategically sited , say between house and garage , can prevent thieves walking openly to the rear . |
| 10 | In the past , the study of onomatopoeia , and of imitative effects generally , has been vitiated by a tendency to assume that there is a direct evocative connection between a particular sound and a particular reference , say between an /s/ sound and the sighing of the wind or ( here ) the hiss of a steam-engine . |
| 11 | Moderator between the eligibility of infant bap fo infant baptism and the confirmation service I find myself unclear , what do we do with children who are unbaptised say between the ages of three and twelve , whose parents are not ba themselves church members and who are not prepared to take the promises for them ? |
| 12 | It is assumed that the two defendants have committed some crime at a stated time — say between 10 and 11 p.m. last Wednesday — and have set up an alibi . |
| 13 | Say between eight and nine p.m . |
| 14 | Were you sitting by your window earlier in the night , say between eleven and twelve ? ’ |
| 15 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 16 | Shallow alcoves can be used for yet more narrow shelves just the depth of one can or bottle or for mounting a magnetic knife-rack ; awkward spaces , say between stove and storage cabinets , can be used for trays . |
| 17 | Use a small selected group , say between four and eight , so that the audience can focus easily on the points you are making . |
| 18 | Still , their very size guaranteed that they also contained a very large number and substantial proportion of the middle and lower middle classes — say between 20 and 23 per cent in both London and Paris . |
| 19 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 20 | ‘ What do independent experts say about our 10 extra pages ? ’ asks the advertisement . |
| 21 | He needs not to forget that there are demonic forces in the universe whatever people say about the existence of the devil . |
| 22 | The problem with their evolutionary sequence does not lie so much with what they say about technology as what they saw this technology as implying . |
| 23 | This is what they say about tackling your pelargoniums now . |
| 24 | In all you say about parents and children living in sweet sympathy and perfect knowledge of each other , in freedom of speech , comrades , friends confiding in each other , telling all and being listened to , and taught , in all this I entirely and wholly agree . |
| 25 | It is one of the glories of the Old Testament that its writers are seldom over-careful about what they say about their God . |
| 26 | You have time to digest the unexpected worm , as they say about early birds ! |
| 27 | What other people say about you — and your party — has far more impact than what you say about yourself . |
| 28 | What other people say about you — and your party — has far more impact than what you say about yourself . |
| 29 | It 's true what they say about that . |
| 30 | ‘ The things people say about us are often too bad or too nice , ’ said Jean-Marie Gerbeaux , the Disney director of communications , with the professional goodwill for which his organisation is famed . |