Example sentences of "[pers pn] say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 2 | The man as I say is all Raskolnikov . |
| 3 | All I say is , if someone can not play in rhythm and has not music within him , then we can not admit him . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |
| 5 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 6 | I get told off by my girlfriend because I wake up in the morning and the first thing I say is , ‘ Flippin' heck , have you sent those newsletters off yet ? . ’ |
| 7 | He talks a lot of tommy rot about not making ends meet , but what I say is you 've got to cut your coat according to your cloth . |
| 8 | All I say is : good luck to him . |
| 9 | What I say is , if they want to live here they should live like us , not sleep outside on that mountain like animals . |
| 10 | He noticed the one bagpiper like I did , and what I say is that we were meant to . |
| 11 | What I say is roughly this : primitive art as we call it , tribal art , is usually very good . |
| 12 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 13 | And a good thing as I say is to just erm highlight the stuff that you want if you 've |
| 14 | That way how do you spell I say is it over here and you say no it 's over there . |
| 15 | Then the only defence left to him is to answer " No , what I say is the truth " . |
| 16 | All I say is , if we 're gon na pare it down , let's pare it down before we start the job and put in the price it will cost . |
| 17 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If you think about it , you 'll see that what I say is true . |
| 19 | But what I say is — if you did n't want the benefit of my second-hand wisdom , you should n't have put down that Dr Ruth book , which taught you how to make love with one foot on the shag-pile and the other in Sainsbury 's , in favour of this one . |
| 20 | Do not forget you also have a responsibility to treat the case properly , all I say is that the 4 oz syndrome is no longer the answer . |
| 21 | Er whether it 's er slight moderate or substantial er i is er I say is irrelevant but there certainly is significant benefit as a result of er of thirty percent reduction . |
| 22 | But I I do n't erm from the nature of Mr Justice in the Midland Bank that there 's a a well known but w what I say is that in this case er what your Lordship will be dealing with are essentially what are matters of practice for conveyancing solicitors when faced particularly with clients er making financial arrangements to enter into this and the duties of in that particular situation . |
| 23 | That , that I , I say is reserved for Parliament . |
| 24 | Er I think we must remind ourselves that er this year 's as I say is by no means er generous and for that reason we 're not aiming higher , not because we would n't like to , but because we recognize the , the restrictions placed from elsewhere . |
| 25 | ‘ Whatever I say is never going to bring him back . |
| 26 | Yeah but now we got the extra five hundred and which I say is th is , makes up for the which is five percent of the purchase price we 've got an extra to play with and get a bit more . |
| 27 | And erm , the the Clerk was in a flat spin , because he had n't got a card , which said , I affirm that , what I say is the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth , and the recorder himself was was about |
| 28 | So everything I say is running |
| 29 | And I said to me mother , I says look here , when I 'm old enough to work I say 's , I ai n't going to work for me dad I shall get a job on me own . |
| 30 | Now I need your help , because the things I say are always true . |