11.   As he ate breakfast Sunday, his mother called to say a winning ticket had been sold at Galway Market.

12.   -- A friend called to say that with his cable system, that was the clearest TV picture he had all year for a football game.

13.   A colleague who is an oncologist called to say he had referred a patient to me.

14.   A friend called to say he forgot to mail me a valentine and that he and his whole family felt just terrible about it.

15.   A friend called to say she about died that day of fear.

16.   A few days later, his mother called to say that he was still in Lima, negotiating with the army, and that she was praying for him.

17.   A lobbyist called to say she was worried about a bill at the Legislature.

18.   A government representative called to say the remains of Dotson and his crewmates had been found, a half-century after their deaths, scattered on a mountainside.

19.   A social service agency in New York called to say it is missing two people who vaguely match the couple, but that has yet to pan out.

20.   A relative called to say that one of the children had fallen while unsupervised and was in a coma in a local hospital.

v. + say >>共 880
be 14.52%
call 4.02%
have 3.05%
suffice 2.02%
do 1.78%
police 1.74%
make 1.67%
come 1.50%
need 1.45%
happen 1.26%
call + v. >>共 555
testify 10.53%
say 6.47%
tell 4.10%
ask 3.56%
discuss 2.83%
protest 2.37%
mind 2.37%
complain 1.84%
offer 1.61%
give 1.53%
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