Example sentences of "i say [conj] it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I speak on behalf of the Labour Party when I say that it is not , and never has been , the duty or responsibility of either a local or education authority to promote homosexuality ... |
| 2 | But I said that it is always a good sign when things go wrong before the night . |
| 3 | I said that it was all right , because I 'm not a Catholic either but if you wanted to talk , I was willing to listen . |
| 4 | I am in everyone 's bad books because I said that it was only a shop . |
| 5 | So , I gave you two examples and I said that it was often |
| 6 | I said cos it 's not very good |
| 7 | So I said if it 's only for a mile it 's going to be well less than a minute at eighty , presuming you were doing more than thereabouts and er that was it . |
| 8 | I 'm an ex-carer , and I looked after my aunt for three and a half years , and could I say that it 's not all negative although it times you could scream ! |
| 9 | Erm , can I say that it 's only last year that we organised that video for secured car parks , and employed a blooming outside presenter to do it , and that cost us twelve thousand quid , and that were at Derby and they made an excellent bloody video of it did n't they ? |
| 10 | As treasurer of our appeal , may I say that it was very disappointing that , first of all , the council members and the town clerk did not accept our invitation to the opening of our appeal , on March 11th . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 12 | If the tobacco road is considered the one-way street to perdition , then let me say that it is as incompatible as the marriage of athletic sports with smoking sponsorship . |
| 13 | We had Trimalchio 's feast to go on , described by Nero 's mate Petronius , so we had an idea of what they ate , and let me say that it was as much of a surprise to find they had sausages and black pudding as it was to find out they had concrete . |