Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they have said No , the leaders of the Bosnian Serbs have left themselves with a way out . |
| 2 | Having observed them give their evidence I am satisfied that they are not in any way seeking to deceive the court or to persuade the court that Mr. Winterbone was better or worse than they have said that he was . |
| 3 | So I explained to him and he was very nice , er but one of the things that they 'd said that they would do , is get all the news broadcasters er to sign consent forms |
| 4 | And it was n't until I got back that they 'd said he was doing asymptotes . |
| 5 | He had seen it hundreds of times on the faces of people who fancied that they had said too much to him , opened their hearts too wide . |
| 6 | If they 've got anything that they wish to say or any personal reminiscences . |
| 7 | He looked so strained and tired that they offered to say the Rosary in his room but he brushed the offer aside . |
| 8 | A a a member of staff may feel that they want to say something about a kid , and it does not necessarily have to agree with what the kid |
| 9 | Erm th there 's just a comment I 'd like to make that they have said that they would place it on that figure report on our . |
| 10 | Beginners are often surprised at the length of time it takes a learner to learn something : they tend to think that they need to say something once only for the whole class to have it ready for use a few seconds later . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
| 12 | But I did n't realize that once they 'd said it like , you know , I just |
| 13 | It goes on to say and it came about that in thy journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valid plain and a land of Shinar and they took up growing there and they began to say each one to the other come on let us make bricks and bake and bake with a burning process , so bricks served as stone for them and |
| 14 | I , I 've been here before and they 've said ah sorry it 's gon na take ages . |
| 15 | And they 've just said , and and they 've said no they 're not giving you a reason or |
| 16 | And they 've said yes we can keep the money . |
| 17 | I know s I 've chatted to some other people and they 've said the same so you 're not alone . |
| 18 | say if you come back and they 've said , they 're |
| 19 | Now I , I 've rung the Claremont and they 've said , oh yes , it 's the conference erm you know amount and we 're very , appar we were , I was very lucky cos we got the last three rooms . |
| 20 | And she saying like he 's waiting for his accomplice like and they 've said they 've broken in . |
| 21 | and they had to say which were said by men and which were said by women , and erm most of the ones with tag questions were said by women |
| 22 | It had arrived quite quickly , and they had said that they thought she had a burst ulcer . |
| 23 | erm and er in the meantime , we had some lino down on the kitchen last year and they keep saying they 're going to send a new one and they have n't and they have n't . |
| 24 | And they keep saying , why ? |
| 25 | There must have been about nine or ten of them — all men except for one woman — and they tried to say it took all of them to restrain me . |
| 26 | Now I was a lot skinnier then than I am now , about seven and a half stone , and they tried to say that ! |
| 27 | He told me they were very cross and they started saying there must be a ghost in the machine . |
| 28 | But them I have seen , and they do say that this third man was called back into the church by one of the brothers , at the end of the evening , for some last purpose , after which the brother came out with him to thank them all , and bid them goodnight . |
| 29 | And they do say that Flame is very like him . ’ |
| 30 | But we 're big boys and they do say big boys do n't cry ’ |