In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 36 in the category of VERBs is defined as:
verb pattern / reporting verb with prepositional phrase + that clause as the direct object
A search in iWeb for:
SAY to_II * that
1 SAID TO ME THAT 2340
2 SAY TO YOU THAT 1483
3 SAYS TO ME THAT 794
4 SAY TO ME THAT 539
5 SAID TO HIM THAT 505
6 SAID TO MYSELF THAT 426
I said to myself that I really needed a way to focus on the positive somehow.
7 SAY TO THEM THAT 264
8 SAYING TO ME THAT 254
9 SAID TO HER THAT 250
10 SAY TO HIM THAT 227
11 SAID TO YOU THAT 217
12 SAY TO MYSELF THAT 213
13 SAY TO YOURSELF THAT 195
14 SAID TO THEM THAT 185
15 SAY TO PEOPLE THAT 178
16 SAID TO US THAT 162
17 SAYING TO MYSELF THAT 139
18 SAYING TO YOURSELF THAT 89
19 SAY TO HER THAT 89
20 SAY TO SOMEONE THAT 79
21 SAY TO US THAT 71
22 SAY TO OURSELVES THAT 68
23 SAYS TO YOU THAT 63
24 SAYING TO YOU THAT 62
25 SAY TO ANYONE THAT 59
26 SAYING TO US THAT 54
27 SAYS TO HER THAT 53
28 SAID TO HIMSELF THAT 52
29 SAYING TO PEOPLE THAT 49
30 SAYING TO THEM THAT 46
31 SAY TO EVERYONE THAT 44
32 SAYS TO US THAT 41
33 SAYING TO HER THAT 39
34 SAY TO THOSE THAT 38
35 SAYING TO HIM THAT 37
36 SAY TO THEMSELVES THAT 35
37 SAYS TO HIM THAT 34
38 SAYS TO HIMSELF THAT 32
39 SAYING TO THEMSELVES THAT 24
40 SAY TO HIMSELF THAT 22
41 SAY TO OTHERS THAT 20
42 SAYS TO THEM THAT 20
43 SAYING TO SOMEONE THAT 19
44 SAID TO HERSELF THAT 19
45 SAY TO GOD THAT 14
46 SAID TO OURSELVES THAT 14
47 SAY TO THEE THAT 11
48 SAID TO THOSE THAT 11
49 SAID TO PEOPLE THAT 11
A2 Vocabulary:
anyone, everyone, god, herself, himself, myself, ourselves, someone, themselves, yourself