Example sentences of "[pers pn] say simply that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say simply that I support the views of my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester ( Mr. Nelson ) and of the hon. Member for Middlesbrough ( Mr. Bell ) rather than other views that have been expressed today . |
| 2 | Sometimes she said simply that she did not know when he would be back and dropped the phone . |
| 3 | He says simply that he enjoys what he does ( he 's in research ) and is not ambitious — that he 'd be unhappy on the managerial side . |
| 4 | He says simply that his civil servants work extremely hard . |
| 5 | He said simply that he had known where to go for it , and moved on to explain that when Hal MacQuillan made a bid for the paper it was supposed to be his personal fortune that was financing it . |