Example sentences of "say [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Added Keegan : ‘ They say that everything comes to those who wait . |
| 2 | The way you say that it sounds like crap , but I guess the essence of it makes sense . |
| 3 | He responds to us all in different ways , to his sister , Amanda , he 's always smiled at her and we say that he looks at her at her in his cute way . ’ |
| 4 | We must face the issue seriously and not in the way in which the Prime Minister faced the issue at Harare when he said that he would write off some of the debts in return for the acceptance of an economic model imposed by the International Monetary Fund , and say that there has to be a write-off of debt . |
| 5 | Police are convinced that the clampdown has hurt the porn industry in Northamptonshire quite hard , but they say if it looks as if the illegal material is building up again then they wo n't hesitate to have another bonfire . |
| 6 | Can the minis can the minister of state in view of his many visits to America , say whether he agrees with the Secretary of State 's earlier statement that American does not have a minimum wage legislation ? |
| 7 | Bill Mumford says that everybody goes on these trips comes back changed in some way … its a maturiing thing … and maybe it 's a lesson for all of us we should feel inspired by disabled people trying something remarkable |
| 8 | She says that everyone dreams of winning a medal , but at the moment she is just hoping to get there . |
| 9 | He says that whatever needs to be done should be done to stop anything similar happening . |
| 10 | Senior research metallurgist for the Cutlery and Allied Trade Research Association , Alan Medlock , says that it depends on what you call 13/0 . |
| 11 | It has not taken IBM Corp long to admit informally that its target of 25,000 job cuts this year is on the low side , and the company now says that it expects at least 6,000 jobs to be cut at its three main operations in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York , where previously it had forecast between 3,000 and 3,500 : IBM told Reuters that the job cuts , which will likely include layoffs , will come from the company 's mainframe business in Poughkeepsie and Kingston , where at least 2,000 jobs will be cut , up from the company 's previous expectations of between 600 to 800 , and it also sees bigger staff cuts at the East Fishkill chip facility , which now expects to lose about 4,000 workers , up from about 3,000 — IBM is phasing out semiconductor operations in East Fishkill , moving some of the work to Burlington , Vermont , some to Essonnes , France ; advanced semiconductor research and packaging remains in East Fishkill ; the company says that despite the increased cuts , it believes that the charges it took in the fourth quarter will still be sufficient . |
| 12 | For instance then , the very last point being made up in that rose thing , is , it says that it protects against sicknesses and evils . |
| 13 | It also says that it has to be a ‘ national treasure under national legislation in the context of Article 36 of the Treaty ’ , thus by and large respecting each country 's right to define a national treasure as it pleases . |
| 14 | Thank you Chairman I , I actually agreed with those not so much that erm I , I have problems with erm other matters , it is more extra to be examined and because it actually says that it has to be examined once , and will therefore be re-examined erm , erm I am sure if it should be examined they have to put exact what it means examine in and before and as you say er you will be the first to say . |
| 15 | He says that it needs to be tested . |
| 16 | The survey says that there appears to be no one explanation why the fees should be so low , particularly as other companies ' fees do relate to their size . |
| 17 | She says that she wants to be a wildlife photographer . |
| 18 | She says that he thinks of her as Mum . |
| 19 | If a person goes to the town hall and says that he qualifies for a discount , the authority will need proof . |
| 20 | Steve Chapman says that he comes from the Shennington club and Nigel was a member there … he jokes that mansell was a big an idiot as all of them … breaking in the wrong place and that sort of thing |
| 21 | cos I says if he looks after it I 'll buy him one with radio on as well |
| 22 | Windsor says if he fails in Edinburgh he will take his battle overseas . |
| 23 | It 's a terrible thing to be told that and then to do what the director says and it feels like shit . |
| 24 | And that 's virtually all it says but it goes over the words again and again , as if it 's trying to force you to rejoice through learning the words off by rote . |
| 25 | Although Gibbons has not said whether he agrees with that analysis , he has talked about ‘ a rotation ’ in which new programmes replace older initiatives . |
| 26 | He is the only person I know who always seems to mean what he says when he talks about art . |
| 27 | Listen what Paul says when he writes to the Romans in chapter five he says , for why we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly . |
| 28 | What is involved in saying that something exists in its own right , while something else does not ? |
| 29 | Wittgenstein avoids both mentalism and behaviourism by saying that what matters for an understanding of psychological verbs is not anything phenomenal — either inner or outer — but their use . |
| 30 | All of which is a roundabout way of saying that what matters in this world is asking the right questions , rather than knowing the right answers . |