Example sentences of "says it [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had decided to give up , had , indeed , spent several hours trying to think of one thing he actually liked about Elinor when , two days before the funeral , she looked up from a quiche Lorraine ( 'Billykins says it 's about all she could face ’ ) and barked : ‘ What are we going to drink ? ’ |
| 2 | He says we ca n't until we 're properly married in the eyes of God as well as man ; he says it 's worth waiting for . |
| 3 | To buy it back cost thirty one thousand , but he says it 's worth every penny . |
| 4 | Now lets just close with those words of of Peter , on the day of pentecost , it 's not for other just , he says it 's for you , it 's for your children , and it 's to as many as there are far off , right down through the centuries , as many as the Lord our God shall call . |
| 5 | He says it 's for tourists and people who 've read the novels who want to refresh their thoughts . |
| 6 | The Home Office says it 's for illegal entrants to this country who 've been judged unlikely to comply with voluntary restrictions . |
| 7 | She says it 's for ducks . |
| 8 | Yes it says it 's on stamp albums . |
| 9 | The local authority says it 's against the idea and has taken the property off the market . |
| 10 | The council says it 's in an impossible position . |
| 11 | Bible says it 's like a vapour . ’ |
| 12 | Sarah says it 's like being in the condemned cell and being let out . |
| 13 | She says it 's like standing on the edge of a crevasse . |
| 14 | Andre Jones says he 's never been involved in anything which calls for such team work … he says it 's like a racing driver steering while someone else has a foot on the accelerator … |
| 15 | He says it 's like that . |
| 16 | cos Kenneth come up early on , he says it 's like this night he says I 'm not properly , ah right , I says I might I says were that like , I says , I says what time ? |
| 17 | The Sheriff says it 's by his own hand . |
| 18 | ‘ It says it 's from the Editor . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , it says it 's from the Editor . |
| 20 | Erm , on this paper I just wanted to ask you , erm , Simon says it 's from the erm , American agency , how many jobs , I , I would really like to know how much we spend , or how much is spent on trying to achieve jobs from American , from companies in America , and erm , how many jobs have been created ? |
| 21 | The Chief Prisons Inspector Judge Stephen Tumim says it 's among the worst prison accommodation he 's seen . |
| 22 | But the company , backed by actuaries and auditors , says it is worth £40.8m . |
| 23 | The company produced 29,224 ounces of gold at an average grade of between 2.5 and 2.8 grammes per tonne , and says it is on course to mine 70,000 ounces during the whole of 1989 . |
| 24 | Well that 's what it says it is on the erm on the outside . |
| 25 | The old certainties that ruled computer industry analysis over the past 30 years are tumbling like autumn leaves , and commercial realities are now eating away at the traditional determination of Japanese companies to forget the bottom line and stick with major product sectors for the long term : Sony Corp says it is considering pulling out of Japan 's competitive word processor market to save the cost of developing and manufacturing new models , Reuter reports from Tokyo ; Sony began making word processors in 1985 and production reached a peak of 10,000 a month ; NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Sharp Corp now dominate the market and Sony currently makes just 500 of the things a month , a drop in the 1992 market ocean of 2.6m machines . |
| 26 | Unisys says it is considering making the software available to non-Unisys servers . |
| 27 | Pevsner says it is like an overgrown bungalow and with its generous lawns breaks up the texture of the old High Street and the adjacent 18th century Magnolia House . |
| 28 | Newtown , Pennsylvania-based graphics chip maker Tseng Labs Inc says it is in discussions that might lead to it entering the business of development and production of audio chips : ‘ We 're talking to a lot of people in the sound area , both engineers and companies — because we do n't have any basic sound technology , we 're looking to acquire that either through people or maybe an acquisition , ’ Tseng vice-chairman Jack Gibbons explained to Reuter . |
| 29 | Teleglobe Canada Inc , Toronto says it is in the process of filing a $Can125m — about $100m — final prospectus in all provinces of Canada : the prospectus covers 10-year unsecured debentures with a coupon of 8.35% , and the joint lead managers of the underwriting group will be RBC Dominion Securities Inc and Nesbitt Thomson Ltd and will include Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc and Scotia McLeod Inc . |
| 30 | Alliant Computer Systems Corp , Littleton , Massachusetts is liquidating , and says it is in talks to sell parts of its technology and its service business to a third party . |