Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [be] [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned . |
| 2 | So I do n't deny a an an access to housin or an affordable housing problem , quite the contrary , but I say it is a policy which is a it is a problem capable of solution by local plan policy , not by wholesale allocation of land as he advocates . |
| 3 | As they shift from one adult to another , teachers say it is the video which keeps them under control — a new binge of blood and guts each time they are shuttled past the rental shop . |
| 4 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 5 | So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it . |
| 6 | Indeed , industry observers say it was the swingers who gave birth to the home porn video in the early-Eighties . |
| 7 | He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well . |
| 8 | And then you get lots of other unwelcome knocks on the door — one man who says he 's looking for number 11 , another who says he 's a taxi-driver who 's come to the wrong house — and he probably is but his timing is enough to make you rush about panicking and locking the place up like Fort Knox . |
| 9 | She says it 's a start she say , our teasmade and our other coffee maker with the mug . |
| 10 | It says it 's the devil who finds work for idle hands . |
| 11 | No two days are the same for the Buildings Branch and says it 's the variety which makes his job so enjoyable . |
| 12 | Pilot 's widow says it 's the way he wanted to die . |
| 13 | House of Commons leader , John Wakeham , who 's heading the committee that 's looking at the problem says it 's an issue which must be tackled locally . |
| 14 | ‘ The chairman of the bench denies falling asleep and says it was the way he was sitting in his chair , ’ he said . |
| 15 | His best friend says it was the way he would have wanted to go |
| 16 | But she says it was the tiredness she was unprepared for . |
| 17 | Desmond says it was the woman he lives with — is n't it awful , at his age ! — who really suggested there should be a get-together . |
| 18 | ‘ Did I ask your name ? ’ he enquired , and a smile started somewhere inside her because , at a guess , she 'd have said he was a man who forgot nothing . |
| 19 | ‘ He knew if he had said he was an alcoholic there would be an enormous amount of interest and he had to gauge when he could cope with that . ’ |
| 20 | Erm by saying it 's a priority we 're not saying it 's our only priority , we have a number of priorities and it 's it 's up to us to in debate with the housing corporation er , to come to the best agreements for Harlow . |
| 21 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 22 | When I said I was a feminist he became abrupt , as if his time was precious , and told me he could n't help me . |
| 23 | Shirley giggled and said I was a woman who knew her own mind , was n't I , Jim ? |
| 24 | You said you 're a girl who enjoys a challenge . |
| 25 | He said you were a gentleman who 'd pay a fair price for anything I could tell you . ’ |
| 26 | He said you were a man who was good at his work . |
| 27 | And he felt them and he said they are a bit he said . |
| 28 | Mr Morton goes on to say it was the Queen who persuaded her not to try to end her marriage and to accompany her husband on their official visit to South Korea . |
| 29 | ‘ He said it was a pity I had n't come to him before , when the evidence was there that he was living with this woman , because now the bungalow 's been sold and she 's disappeared . |
| 30 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |