Example sentences of "[adv] say [that] there [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Judge Kama concluded that some of the police and border paramilitary police had acted improperly , he nevertheless said that there were insufficient grounds to bring charges against any members of the security forces . |
| 2 | ‘ I always say that there are two great privileges in life . |
| 3 | I have always said that there are thousands of qualified accountants sitting out there in small companies where they are finance directors , credit controllers , company secretaries , advisers to the board , the people to whom the board looks for everything . |
| 4 | This was particularly true of people who had close knit kin networks , who were unlikely to use individual kin as close confidants , and who often said that there were certain kin — usually parents — whom they would definitely not consult ( ibid . |
| 5 | Asked if there are more flowers or more roses , four-year-olds will typically say that there are more roses , for there are only three daffodils . |
| 6 | He would now and then play the most egregious fool in his carriage and was so much given to jesters , players and childish sports , to make himself merry , that anybody who saw his gravity on the one part and his folly and lightness on the other , would surely say that there were two distinct persons in him . |