Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pers pn] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be remembered that in this chapter we are dealing only with stress within the word ; this means that we are looking at words as they are said in isolation , which is a rather artificial situation — we do not often say words in isolation , except for a few such as ‘ yes ’ , ‘ no ’ , ‘ possibly ’ , ‘ please ’ and interrogative words such as ‘ what ’ , ‘ who ’ , etc. , but looking at words in isolation does help us to see stress placement and stress levels more clearly than studying them in the context of continuous speech . |
| 2 | Soon it would be said in England as it was said on the Continent , that a good Catholic is a man whose wife goes to church . |
| 3 | The word ‘ aura ’ is derived from the Greek avra meaning breeze because it is said to be continually in motion . |
| 4 | This is obviously a safer course than renewing the writ although it was said in Sisknys v Hanley ( 1982 ) The Times , 26 May that the fact that the plaintiff 's solicitor could have but did not use this substituted service procedure was not a good reason for refusing renewal . |
| 5 | But iff you actually allow B R as an organization to bid , I think it 's making a nonsense of privatization because you 're saying in essence there is n't anything wrong with B R management at the moment and we 'll let them take over the network . |
| 6 | I mean as regards I agree with the woman when she was saying about she wanted to tell her husband about what happens when he comes home from work , but I think she wo n't need all those bulletins to tell him what 's happening , she can tell him the latest bulletin before he comes in the door , could n't she ? |
| 7 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 8 | Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour . |