Example sentences of "be say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it can be said we were lively , we were an animated lot . |
| 2 | Firstly , we must distinguish what may be said and what must be said ; and secondly , in what must be said we must distinguish the unique forms from alternative ones . |
| 3 | Let it not be said we do n't have any standards in this office . |
| 4 | It might be said we " think " through concepts . |
| 5 | my Lord there may not be er if you 've got no money to do anything with or no money to , to , to operate in even if the , remotely vaguely efficient way , that you , how can be said you 'll capable of competing |
| 6 | He was one of whom it can truly be said he could ‘ talk with crowds and keep his virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch ’ . |
| 7 | It can be said he was a victim of circumstances . |
| 8 | Simultaneously to starting a business , Louis started courting — and it can also be said he was piling-up a lot of trouble for himself . |
| 9 | It can be said he was addressing a captive audience … of stooges . |
| 10 | All that is except this one when it could be said he was dealing with a special case — of cutlery . |
| 11 | There is a danger if the settlor has power to remove trustees that it can be said he controls the trust . |
| 12 | If there is a desire to go down this road it has to be said it may not be as easy as it might at first seem . |
| 13 | The VPO 's playing is one of the set 's main pleasures , but it has to be said it sounds much more prominent than would ever be the case in the opera house . |
| 14 | It can be said I wanted to taste other joys which were available in life before the inevitable disaster . |
| 15 | more to be said I 'll I 'll say it then . |
| 16 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 17 | Do n't let it be said I kept you here against your will . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't let it be said I stopped anyone working — especially Robyn Drew , ’ he added sarcastically . |
| 19 | Well , never let it be said I disappointed a lady ! ’ he growled , coming to his knees and reaching for her . |
| 20 | ‘ In a way , it could be said I 've ruined the valley by putting up these houses , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ People will be saying we have gone now , ’ he said . |
| 22 | We 've , we 've accepted I think I 'm say I should be saying we have accepted this er proposal by implication . |
| 23 | But th then again we could be saying we sa we told you so ! |
| 24 | They would be saying she was mad and her behaviour beyond their understanding . |
| 25 | The muddled thinking that makes us claim at least some vague idea of what God is leads us disastrously to thinking that if we say God can not be one kind of thing we must be saying he is the other . |
| 26 | And not I should n't be here I really do n't know what I should be saying I really have n't got as much knowledge as everybody else that does n't matter , if you 're in a group it does n't matter what you know and what you do n't know there 's still things going on within that group that you can contribute |
| 27 | So you can imagine the sort of conversations we 're gon na have when Ray and Cynthia are talking about the distances between things and I 'm going to be saying you know if I want to go from Piccadilly to Tech house , it can take me at least half an hour . |
| 28 | Well you 'll be saying you can keep her for another eighteen . |
| 29 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 30 | He seemed to be saying it as much to convince himself as to convince all the rest . |