Example sentences of "[noun sg] say that [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newcomers to CAD say that it has its own jargon . |
| 2 | Mum says that it took her hours to look up all the verses . |
| 3 | Workers at Dowty aerospace can at least take comfort in one thing — the firms management say that they hope their streamlining programme is now at an end and that no further major redundancies will be announced . |
| 4 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 5 | Goscelin says that he put his crown on the Winchester crucifix when he had supremacy over four kingdoms . |
| 6 | I should think probably Mrs. Thatcher would send a letter to the Three Hundred group saying that she supported your aims , did n't she ? |
| 7 | She had the cheek to say that she felt his wife would n't like it . |
| 8 | The newspaper says that she ends her speech with the words : ‘ There is no magic formula that will transform sorrow into happiness , intolerance into compassion , or war into peace . ’ |
| 9 | So , off he went and came back one day saying that he thought he had the song I 'd been looking for . |
| 10 | When a child came in this morning , the one I , that we accused of taking that out , he said he did n't take it , I went on and on and on , he said he did n't take it , I said I want a letter from your father to say that you bought it then , that does n't mean anything , the father could lie . |
| 11 | In his office the manager said that he thought he might have a part going , and then looked at Arthur for a long time . |
| 12 | Well you 've heard the senior prosecutor say that she knows nothing , she |
| 13 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 14 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
| 15 | Even so … there is reason to say that I saw him , even though I then neither made , nor could have made any judgement at all , either right or wrong , about who or what it was that I saw . |
| 16 | The Board said that they deserved their percentage because they had put me in the position to attract the money . |
| 17 | Dad says that he thinks he has the answer to my problem but he will have to consult with the Pastor tomorrow . |
| 18 | Making it clear that short-termism is not an affliction from which Siemens AG suffers , the company says that it expects its loss-making semiconductor division to show a profit in the 1995-96 business year , which starts October 1 1995 : it looks for sales of some $2,000m that year , compared with about $1,187m last fiscal year ; the company aims to achieve profitability via tight cost control , strategic cooperation with other companies and the moving of labour-intensive activities to south-east Asia ; the division 's workforce will be just under 12,000 in 1995-96 compared with some 13,200 at present . |
| 19 | It is in Britain 's interest for us to be at the heart of that Europe — where the Prime Minister said that he wanted us , but where he signally failed to put us at Maastricht . |
| 20 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |