Common collocations with say in American Collocation

The irregular verbs can be said aloud in chorus whilst clapping.

I said clearly that there would be no public statements made.

‘My daughter has leukaemia’, she said almost casually.

‘Yes,’ Sam said hastily, before Kate or Gary could formulate their own questions.

‘I love you,’ she said softly.

Firmly say the word ‘no’ when your dog jumps up at you.

I could safely say that he was one of the best painters I had ever met.

I explicitly said that I would not attend any function at which he was even present.

‘Well,’ he said shortly, ‘people’s private opinions can wait’.

‘Daisy, come and help me,’ Margot said cheerfully.

He stared at me hard, then he solemnly said,’ You shouldn’t be out, you should be home in bed.’

‘He’s in his office,’ said Mr Henchard bluntly.

Santa Cruz has become, they say proudly, the new Barcelona.

‘Don’t you hurry, sonny,’ said the old lady kindly .

I said jokingly to the clerk ‘I bet you hope that never happens’.

Many things which they say publicly show the extent of their ignorance.

I can honestly say that I have never been so nervous in my life.

What I’m basically saying is that I disagree with you.

I am simply saying that all the research that I have done has left me exasperated.

I have said repeatedly that I believe climate change is, the major long-term threat facing our planet.

As the Governor General rightly said, ‘I knew too much’.

He has reportedly said he will give away 95 per cent of the money.

Winston Churchill famously said of democracy: ‘It is the worst form of government, except for all the others’.