Example sentences of "[adj] say they be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus perhaps the fact that a number of legal cases have been brought is indicative of some parents ' resistance to the subservient , rather than partnership , role which some say they are forced to assume by the Act ( regardless of exhortations to LEAs to extend parental involvement ) . |
| 2 | Some say they are the ‘ shape of things to come ’ . |
| 3 | They have fiery red eyes and some say they are the Devil 's own pets , roaming the countryside with him each evening in search of the newly dead . |
| 4 | Negro slaves brought okra seeds ( some say they were smuggled in their hair ! ) , which they called gumbo , and they introduced slow-cooked African stews . |
| 5 | Some say they were unaware of the full impact of the new line management structure when they met to discuss it . |
| 6 | so I mean if , if they caught one , they actually took a photo , managed to take a photo out of all those hundreds of people , look how many more were , were there , and it just seems like basically their not sure who fired first , obviously the Irish say it was the British them and the British say they were fired upon first and erm , on , on the strength of it , who , who would you rather believe I mean , somebody that 's been living in Ireland for twenty odd yea twenty years now with all that happening around him being able to be got at by the I R A or a British body who may , may be up on a murder trial , you know , the , at the end of the day its six of one and half a dozen of the other , they 've both got stuffed by a bleeding troop |
| 7 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 8 | The three say they were issued the cash by a bank and did n't know it was phoney . |
| 9 | And there , only sixteen say they 're depressive er people , eighty four no but the great majority here have been depressed from time to time . |
| 10 | But all say they 're keen to play their part in Operation Irma . |
| 11 | and what our boys … our volunteers … the boys all say they are looking forward to it some have been canoeing and they expect it to be fast and bumpy … |
| 12 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd say they are in discussions that could lead to a 50-50 joint venture to develop , manufacture , and market transmission equipment — yes , Bosch 's main business is motor components , but we 're talking data transmission here — under the global CCITT standard , including Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems : Northern Telecom says the deal would complements its strategic tie with Matra Communication SA . |
| 13 | The two say they 're innocent . |
| 14 | Both say they were convicted on the basis of fabricated confessions . |
| 15 | With the US dollar buying only 116 Japanese yen , US companies should be slashing their prices in Japan — but they claim that they ca n't — Apple Japan Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc say they are not benefiting from the strong yen because they buy so much from Japan , and that has become more expensive in dollar terms as the yen has risen . |
| 16 | Univel Inc and Novell Inc say they are jointly developing connectivity extensions with for UnixWare and its rival , Microsoft Corp Windows NT , so the two can co-exist in NetWare environments . |