Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never said for sure that 's where the stuff would arrive . ’ |
| 2 | We also say of causal circumstances and causes that they explain their effects , in a sense in which effects do not explain the causal items . |
| 3 | We ordinarily say of causal circumstances and causes that they make their effects happen , but we do not say , and will deny , that effects make either of the two causal items happen . |
| 4 | Everybody knows — including I think members of the Council from all three political groups — everybody knows that we 've got increasing numbers of elderly people , we 've got increasing numbers of disabled and mentally ill people in the community , and if there is one service , and I know there are others , but if there is one service that needs constant new growth it 's Social Services , and that 's not me empire building or anything like that , that 's me simply saying in straight managerial terms there are forces which require us to increase the Social Services budget . |
| 5 | The work is surely from a different school , and there is nothing here to say for certain whether the original was in bronze or marble . |
| 6 | Which , of course , they once said about pop music . |
| 7 | And did it also say in big capital letters please do not y let your granddaughter fiddle around with it ? |