Example sentences of "say [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The danger is that dad says after they 've passed their test , ‘ Take my BMW for a spin ’ , and away they go , ’ says chief examiner Ted Clements . |
| 32 | ‘ He ca n't knock a nail in a wall , ’ his mother had said before they married . |
| 33 | when , he says when they come down he said it 's loadened with all our stuff ! |
| 34 | If it does n't happen this year it 'll happen next spring you see , and of course er one lady who had been with her aunty er over in the Germany , she says when they went into , she knew they were accumulating theirs , she had some friends in Germany and of course they , she said they were hoarding up just at the borders of Poland I think it would be then . |
| 35 | Hepzibah says when they lived in Norfolk she had an awful time looking after him because he was always in fights and he was young then , too young to hurt anyone much . |
| 36 | He says when they started they had to improvise and some of the lights on the stage were just tin boxes . |
| 37 | ‘ I agree , ’ Trish had said when they 'd stopped laughing . |
| 38 | Volume-wise , Fender reiterate what we 've always said when they talk of ‘ louder tube watts ’ . |
| 39 | But then she remembered the light beams and what they had said as they had passed her : ‘ Not fair . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm so glad that Uncle James did n't sell the family home , ’ Liz had said as they had walked around the garden just before she had left Devon to catch the plane back to New York . |
| 41 | They left in the utility a short time after darkness had fallen , and although little was said as they drove along the narrow , rough country road , Lucy felt that the silences between them were companionable . |
| 42 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |
| 43 | ‘ Oh , ’ she had said as they came towards her , distraught , her face and neck colouring as though with guilt . |
| 44 | That 's what I 'm saying if they do n't |
| 45 | But they 're not saying if they have Bosnia in mind . |
| 46 | Discussing statements like these and saying whether they agree with them or not gives children an opportunity to consider views which conflict with their own and to modify their existing views . |
| 47 | Cos , Claire was saying when they went , they went , they 'd been to Wales , France , and Scotland while they 've been here he said , . |
| 48 | I keep saying when they get sort of quite long that I 'll have them properly shaped and |
| 49 | I need interpreters in my surgery who can speak Punjabi , Urdu and Gujarati , otherwise I can not understand fully what my constituents are saying when they have complicated immigration problems . |
| 50 | All I can try to do is to outline what theists have been saying when they talk of God , and to try to offset some popular misconceptions of what they mean . |
| 51 | ‘ I do n't know about you , ’ the reporter was saying as they walked across the cool marble-floored lobby of the large office building and out into the hot , brilliant midday sunshine of Fenchurch Street , ‘ but I 'd practically sell my soul for a really icy cold vodka and tonic . |
| 52 | But what we need to do as well , is to listen wha to what the churches are saying as they address these issues . |
| 53 | What had he really been saying as they sat among the trees ? |
| 54 | Mr Tate said although they felt quite safe on the eighth floor it was disconcerting to see armed security guards and smoke bellowing up through the skyscrapers . |
| 55 | I said like they say it in films . |
| 56 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 57 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 58 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 59 | ‘ The head of our company is most displeased with Mr Goode and me , ’ Cave said in June , talking on the telephone to an Iranian who was unenthusiastic about weapons prices that had been marked up 300 percent ; ‘ He said if they do n't want to deal , break it off . ’ |
| 60 | But they said if they do n't get it by a certain date |