Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] they say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course they say he 's beneath us . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , and of course they say it 's easier , but if you 've been brought up with it , well yes it 's dead easier |
| 3 | completely blind you know the concept of colour they said |
| 4 | Police have issued a photofit of man they say stabbed a teenager several times in an unprovoked attack . |
| 5 | The pair are particularly proud of their accomplishment in light of the fact they are using standard interfaces , standard application programming interfaces and a garden variety Sbus , not the proprietary gear SGI reportedly claimed it would take to achieve the kind of performance they say they have . |
| 6 | At the Department of Health they said it was Department of Social Security matter . |
| 7 | So when the Training and Enterprise Councils were given responsibility for a new stream of scheme they said quite rightly I think that they would only support survivable businesses . |
| 8 | yet it 'll be suitable for coke they said |
| 9 | Zuwaya enthusiasts of the revolution did sometimes speak of the injustice of unequal distribution of wealth , but like those who attended the Intellectual Seminar in 1970 , they had difficulty in identifying any particular groups of Libyans who suffered as a group , or who had a common interest in pursuing distributive justice : in Benghazi they said , there were Libyan workers who were oppressed , or perhaps Tripoli . |
| 10 | In effect they said that if Lloyd George looked like succeeding , they would join him . |
| 11 | yeah what they do now if its , if its not within sight they say we have n't got any thing |
| 12 | ‘ They do n't find it in any way offensive , in fact they say it is beautifully done . ’ |
| 13 | This one was saying , it 'll be quicker to go in front they say now or |
| 14 | Two Chinese teachers have just graduated from an international centre in Hebrew They say both China and Israel have ancient traditions , and it 's about time they got to know more about each other . |
| 15 | Oh that 's for stocktaking they said . |
| 16 | Erm , thingy 's chimney 's on fire they said . |
| 17 | They said about someone at work they said , he 's we think he 's gay |
| 18 | And at school they said I would make a good teacher . |
| 19 | erm Many primary school children have no timetable and they do n't bring homework home , and when the parents ask them what they did all day at school they say ‘ Nothing ’ , and some parents , that 's all they 've got to go on , and they , they get quite worried about it . |