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Example sentences for "says that"

  • He says that he carefully read that speech.

  • Another of the issues he says that is to be made with me is upon his devotion to the Dred Scott decision, and my opposition to it.

  • He says that I am in favor of making war by the North upon the South for the extinction of slavery; that I am also in favor of inviting (as he expresses it) the South to a war upon the North for the purpose of nationalizing slavery.

  • The peasant answered: 'In the first place, he says that there is some wine hidden under the pillow.

  • The peasant made the raven prophesy still more, and said: 'Thirdly, he says that there is some salad on the bed.

  • The peasant made the raven croak again, and said: 'In the second place, he says that there is some roast meat in the tiled stove.

  • Campbell, the auditor, says that if it were here, it would be in his office, and that he has hunted for it a dozen times, and could never find it.

  • He says that anciently [23] There was no distinction between the civil and criminal courts, as to the rights or powers of juries.

  • Though, should you get there before him, he says that Comte du Perron, with whom you are a favorite, will take that care.

  • I find by it that many of his and your letters to me must have miscarried; for he says that I have had regular accounts of you: whereas all those accounts have been only his letter of the 6th and yours of the 7th June, N.

  • He says that doesn't matter, that knowledge will give him a great pull.

  • He says that cheek is often more help than a lot of swoting and grinding.

  • The official report of the officers of the meeting** says that, when the chairman had taken his seat, a committee was appointed to wait on the Mormons at the request of the latter.

  • Clarke* says that a great deal of stolen stock was traced into Nauvoo, but that, "when found, it was extremely difficult to gain possession of it.

  • Governor Ford, in his "History of Illinois," says that such a pledge was given by a prominent Democrat, but without his own knowledge.

  • Australia, says that a strongly branched coral was procured there from thirty fathoms; unfortunately it is not known to what genera these corals belong.

  • Volcans," page 218) says that there is one at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, but I have not coloured it, as he gives no particulars.

  • The plumbers in our house were one day overheard to say that, "They say that she says that he says that he wouldn't take a hundred dollars for him.

  • John Stuart Mill is right when he says that we do not know anything about women.

  • I know an excellent Conservative who would, I think, suit you; he says that he does not see how a man who indulges in the theory and practice of total abstinence can be a consistent believer in the Christian religion.

  • Mr. Gifford, factor on the largest estate in Shetland (Busta), says that there is now no understanding with the merchants who have establishments on that property that they shall be responsible for the rents of the men.

  • He says that - 'Ultimately I wrote to the meal dealers in the south, and I found that there was a difference of 10s.

  • He says that, according to some, Douglas was treacherously slain by one of his own men whom he had offended.

  • For example, he says that Kinmont is "made to ride off; not on horseback, but on Red Rowan's back!

  • Gervaise(2) says that in Macassar the moon was held to be with child by the sun, and that when he pursued her and wished to beat her, she was delivered of the earth.

  • The author of the "Cypria" says that Thetis, to please Hera, avoided union with Zeus, at which he was enraged and swore that she should be the wife of a mortal.

  • Mr. Crole, speaking probably of the Indian teas with which he was so familiar as a planter and chemist, says that "tea should always be kept for a year before being drank.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "says that" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    active member; both figures; cannot escape; cedar bark; dress them; firm tone; fresh mushrooms; medical officers; need thee; never going; normal schools; occasion requires; sacred things; says another; says elsewhere; says himself; says nothing; says one; says poor; says she; says the; says they; single figure; successive generations; these parts; young creature