Example sentences of "they say [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Added Keegan : ‘ They say that everything comes to those who wait . |
| 2 | ‘ And they say that everyone knew that Dierdriu would never be faithful to one man . |
| 3 | When they say that nothing happens I wonder what they want to happen . |
| 4 | They say that they like the subject and the colours . |
| 5 | They say that they make every effort to supply components exactly as detailed in the manual so that you can follow the photographic sequences . |
| 6 | the foresters attach to come before them men who work in their own ground , making ‘ hoes ’ to sow corn , although the King had no demesne there : and they say that they have made waste and purpresture if they do not their will for having peace ; from each man holding land they will have the skin of a lamb or a farthing , and they say that is their fee . |
| 7 | ‘ They say that they have nowhere else to go , but I know that facing the world on their own would be even more frightening . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They say that they have members out of work , ’ says Pavitt . |
| 9 | Erm they are Yorkshire and Humberside which I think is probably related to the strength of orders and demand in that region , East Midlands where they , where it 's sort of consistent with a trend erm in the last few surveys where they say that they have achieved modest price rises erm and where costs have not been falling , erm and also Wales . |
| 10 | They say that they do n't understand why the police had to be so heavy handed . |
| 11 | They say that they want real convergence and decisions in the treaty for which no one else in the Community has argued at any stage . |
| 12 | And they say that they think she 's hiding it but there 's no where to be hiding it . |
| 13 | The authors also seem uncertain about the rationale for selecting acupuncture points ; they say that they used ‘ four common acupuncture points , ’ but it is unclear exactly which points these were . |
| 14 | They say that nobody remembers who came second but when that has happened to you as often as it has to Montgomerie , it is difficult to forget . |
| 15 | ‘ They say that we have become selfish and have taken too much from the Earth without giving anything back . |
| 16 | They say that it does not deal with the problem of people who persistently reoffend while on bail . |
| 17 | The second point I would make on the criticism that Selby make of the need erm assessment is they say that it does n't erm take adequate cognizance of manufacturing and service employment . |
| 18 | They say that it wes the different claes that done it — the way the butler dressed — an it hed looked at the claes an taen a bad wey o the claes . |
| 19 | They say that I mean any changes any in temperature are very noticeable so w Like it is working in the middle of winter offshore would be something I would have to come to terms with but no I mean I do n't think there 's any problems work-wise . |
| 20 | They say that I mean if you see owt , |
| 21 | ‘ They say that he said he would never come again . |
| 22 | But erm they say that he had used to go and collect it and that was what was fed to the pigs . |
| 23 | Joanne and Keith Powell of the George , Ash Vale are behind the event and they say that there 's been a lot of interest so far . |