Example sentences of "[pron] say that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings of the young hon. Member for Gedling ( Mr. Mitchell ) about the way in which local government has broken up were expressed subjectively and I suspect that he will not agree with me when I say that they seemed to date from about 1979 — and we know what happened in 1979 when the hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) was first elected . |
| 2 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 3 | so , I must confess when I say that we 've had bad , like that time when Did you give er Lucy back her English ? |
| 4 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 5 | Believe me when I say that he has an unexpected side to him . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I say that he has the same problem with me that I have with the Whips Office . |
| 7 | I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry . |
| 8 | But as I say that I recommend them because they were er excellent . |
| 9 | You will understand , I 'm sure , when I say that I hope Jessie has found peace by now , and is no longer a drain on you . |
| 10 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this . |
| 12 | I say that I thought we had already been through all this . |
| 13 | When I say that I mean I 'm operating without back-up . |
| 14 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |
| 15 | When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral , I mean that quite literally . |
| 16 | I am sure that I am not alone when I say that I learned more through the Iii-service courses organised by Basil Rocke than through my entire period of earlier , formal training . |
| 17 | ‘ Now do you believe me when I say that I did n't touch you in order to prove some theory about your boyfriend meaning nothing to you ? ’ |
| 18 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 19 | I think , while I say that I want children , and do I have a child , that i , it 's not made particularly easy . |
| 20 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 21 | But forgive me , Lord , if I say that I have no inclination towards another marriage . ’ |
| 22 | I say that I have been sick with flu . |
| 23 | It is in my body qua sensitive that sensations occur ; and the occurrence of a sensation in some part of my body qua sensitive is all that I mean when I say that I feel a sensation in some part of my body . |
| 24 | ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’ |
| 25 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 26 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 27 | Erm , I certainly do n't do it , the way that I say that I do it . |
| 28 | In London I work through three agencies — you note that I say that I work through — I do n't know what you guys get in Rome , but here it is through … that 's most of the time … ’ |
| 29 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 30 | In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting . |