Example sentences of "[subord] [Wh det] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | What other people say about you — and your party — has far more impact than what you say about yourself . |
| 2 | If what they say is derogatory , then that opinion ( false or unfair as it may be ) will be registered in the child 's subconscious mind and will grow and expand as he approaches adulthood . |
| 3 | Look people straight in the eye when they are talking to you and check if what they say stays in your mind longer . |
| 4 | Whenever we quote anyone , Labour Members seem anxious to become an even smaller group : they want to disavow even those who write for The Guardian , if what they say does not suit Labour . |
| 5 | In saying ‘ I meant you , not Jones ’ , I am not saying what I gather from my behaviour ( though if what I say and what my behaviour seems to show seem to conflict , you will be justified in saying you do not understand me [ 67 , 136 ] ) . |
| 6 | If what I say leads a buyer to believe he 's acquiring an original , that , I assure you , is mainly because it 's what he wishes to believe . ’ |
| 7 | At worst , if what you say is true , we 'll both be fried ; but what a way to go ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If what you say is true , ’ I said , ‘ I think I 'd rather stay here . |
| 9 | But if what you say is true … |
| 10 | And If what you say about the state of his finances is true then he 'd have every reason for faking his death to escape the music . |
| 11 | ‘ If what you say is true , we can not take chances . |
| 12 | ‘ And the other thing is that if what you say is true then you have a form of extra-sensory perception . |
| 13 | ‘ Hugh , if what you say is true , then I hope something good may come of it . |
| 14 | ‘ If what you say is true , how do you explain Steen 's behaviour during the past week ? |
| 15 | Neferukhebit , well , if what you say is true … ’ his voice trailed off . |
| 16 | ‘ But if what you say is true , then at the very least she was guilty of accepting money under false pretences . |
| 17 | If what you say is true he must know that the results would be checked ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If what you say is true , I 'm not leaving him to drown , ’ she said defensively as Fen looked as though he might object . |
| 19 | Well if what you say about this information that was in the master bedroom is true , they might have every reason to come into the master bedroom to see if er the , who was sleeping in the . |
| 20 | An Edinburgh University spokeswoman said last night : ‘ If what you say is true the matter will no doubt be reported to the university court in due course . ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes we are not convincing because what we say is belied by our actions — for instance , a woman who wears a permanent fixed smile while trying to reprimand a subordinate , or when returning faulty goods to a shop . |
| 22 | because what I say on the phone I make it absolutely clear . |
| 23 | Well , sometimes it 's easy , because you know independently , not only whether what they say is true , but whether they believe it . |
| 24 | He , too , has the courage to speak out , and so has Ted Heath , whether what they say is right or wrong or agrees with the party line . |
| 25 | When it is fortified by ‘ in-depth ’ interviews , and addressed to the intensive observation of what people actually do as well as what they say they do , sociological research merges indistinguishably with the work of social anthropologists . |
| 26 | The ways in which we say things convey as much as what we say . |
| 27 | Other signals may be rooted in our own culture or sub-culture — our clothes and our hair styles , for example , tell other people as much about us as what we say and the way we behave . |
| 28 | How you say something is as important as what you say about it . |