Example sentences of "say that [pron] [vb past] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How does it follow from what you 've said that you came to be — ’ He paused and his lips compressed in a cruelly thin line before he seemed to deliberately force away the tension , saying simply , ‘ To be with my brother ? ’ |
| 2 | Aunt Emily said , ‘ If you read it , dear child , it will take away your fear , ’ and Alexandra , stubbornly remembering Michael Swinton 's saying that she seemed to be working out her own salvation and feeling that the decision to read the journal must be part of that working out , shook her head and sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas . |
| 3 | They said that something had to be done to put right the mess which the Government had made of the Self-Governing Schools etc . |
| 4 | We also booked hotels in advance , since the guidebooks said that they tended to be busy . |
| 5 | In Lawrence [ 1982 ] AC 510 , Lord Diplock said that there had to be an obvious and serious risk of some physical harm or substantial damage to property in relation to reckless driving and causing death by reckless driving . |
| 6 | Council leader John Williams ( Lab ) said that there had to be strict conditions . |
| 7 | Auriol Stevens , Director of the Universities Information Unit , said that there appeared to be no extra money to cover the projected increase in students : |
| 8 | The pity of it is that the Prime Minister , who said that he wanted to be at the heart of the process , has instead condemned this country to be semi-detached from it . |
| 9 | He also said that he wanted to be " a bridge between the leadership of MPLA and UNITA " . |
| 10 | Lord Denning said that it had to be so serious that it was of the first importance that offenders be brought to justice . |
| 11 | Which was not to say that he intended to be a martyr tonight , if he could help it . |