Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's say [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion .
2 She 's said to be the daughter of a English general and apparently very beautiful … a good bit younger than him , of course . ’
3 But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’
4 She 's said to be in a great state of shock .
5 This … this cousin Mary of Mother 's , whatever she 's said about her , might be a compassionate woman ; and I do n't think she has any children of her own .
6 Can you hear what she 's saying about me Sidney ?
7 But erm in the back of my mind there comes that she 's saying to me do n't get involved , do n't get involved .
8 Yeah , she 's saying to him .
9 I can hear what she 's saying to somebody .
10 No it 's not three X divided by five , it 's says of their cost .
11 It 's said to be unlucky to change a boat 's name . ’
12 It 's said to be a symbolic tale with the casting out of the snakes related to the ousting of the old beliefs .
13 It 's said to be as effective as the pill and experts say it 'll widen the choice for women .
14 It 's to say with the crowd , away with him !
15 And this an argument that 's often put forward by the National Farmers Union , and other agricultural lobby groups , essentially erm , er , , it 's saying to sort of er , the European Community when they 're price setting , look there 's no point in you er , reducing agricultural product prices , cos all that 's going to do is increase supply .
16 He 's said to be in a stable condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford .
17 He 's said to be in his 50s , stocky wearing a beige jacket .
18 He 's said to be acutely depressed , and is also thought to have a stomach ulcer .
19 He 's said to be in a stable and comfortable condition .
20 He 's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose .
21 He 's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose .
22 As he 's said of his ill-fated time at Virgin Records , ‘ I had to keep telling people they 're not going to make me into the next Sting . ’
23 ‘ Very , from what little he 's said about her .
24 he must of done Arthur , he moved and pulled everything , he 's ever such a good boy , he 's says to ya , I do n't know why he says but I can eat as much as I can , said I never get fat , I said I know why you do n't get fat
25 If Councillor had actually stayed , he would know why this is so important to the people of whom I may say he has cruelly deserted by walking out of the debating chamber and what he 's saying to the people of is that Liberal Councillors A wo n't prepare speeches like his colleague earlier on or they wo n't stay in the debate they are not going to be properly represented when we take important decisions , both nationally and locally .
26 What he 's saying to us here is that that there is a reason that Jesus had been condemned and that those who had the authority to do so had carried out their work .
27 You see David , what he 's saying to your dad this morning , let's get a meeting and go but I just feel that , I just , what 's the point of going for an argument .
28 he said it 's like a spring like day he 's saying in the South East
29 Cos he 's saying , he 's saying by , by twenty seven , some time in twenty , nineteen twenty seven there were two million , about two million names and therefore that meant that there were ten million members .
30 But a nice idea , yeah , he 's saying before long tens of thousands of schools will have sprung up in the villages throughout the province erm and that , that basically the peasants like the old style schools which is basically a Chinese way of teaching as opposed to erm the education which the landlords received which is the foreign school and he 's saying how when he was a student erm you know he used to think that the foreign style schools were groovy er but has now realized that actually , you know , being , I mean
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