Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] say that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter had expected her to say that the day was to be spent seeking more evidence against David Parkin . |
| 2 | Suffice it to say that the desert landscape was no doubt encouraged by his enthusiasm in 1922 and 1923 for the work of an author whom he placed with James and Conrad — C. M. Doughty , whose ‘ great work Travels in Arabia Deserta ’ he recommended , mentioning also that a good essay on Doughty 's prose , including quotations from it , was contained in Middleton Murry 's recent book Countries of the Mind . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that the offence can now be committed in many more places than before . |
| 4 | Suffice it to say that the DTI was the supervising authority for such fringe banks . |
| 5 | I wo n't bore you all with the technical details ; suffice it to say that the alloy truss rod previously fitted to Warwick basses just is n't man enough for the job — a classic case of a nice design let down by choice of materials . |
| 6 | Suffice it to say that the applicant asserts Mr. Tee was in no way concerned with the running of Winchester 's business . |
| 7 | As to the first , looking at the record since 1987 , I can not bring myself to say that the Conservatives have earned victory . |
| 8 | Let us say that the meaning of a statement is cognitive if and only if there is a certain belief such that one is speaking either insincerely or incorrectly if one makes that statement or assents to it as uttered by another without having that belief . |
| 9 | And let us say that the meaning of a statement is valuational if and only if there is a certain attitude to which it is related just as a cognitive statement is related to a certain belief . |
| 10 | We 'd like them to say that the laws like the 1986 public order act , which after all was introduced to combat football hooliganism , and not to control people 's sexuality , should not be used to drag lesbians and gay men before the courts simply for showing their love for each other . |
| 11 | In the first model of the mind , remember we said that the unconscious was everything that was either primarily unconscious , could never become conscious , or had been forced into the unconscious by th by means of repression . |
| 12 | I remember him saying that the person in the anecdote had to remain anonymous since it was still not done for a woman to confess she enjoyed promiscuous , recreational sex . |
| 13 | I occasionally hear it said that the Institute 's technical policies are determined by the Secretariat in concert with the big London firms , and that the district societies no longer have any say in the matter . |
| 14 | It grieves me to say that the committee seemed to spend some time trying to denigrate the authority 's findings and to vindicate the tobacco industry . |
| 15 | Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending . |
| 16 | Wittgenstein imagines someone saying that the kinds of sentences are assertions , questions and commands . |
| 17 | in Hertfordshire , Berkshire and Buckinghamshire , give the lie to the public relations exercise that the Secretary of State is undertaking which says that the economy of Wales is coming right ? |
| 18 | I have also heard it said that the lemon reduced the foam to manageable proportions , but why would anyone want to flatten a naturally sparkling drink ? |
| 19 | Did you say that the ratepayers approved ? |
| 20 | ‘ Do we say that the penny possesses the piggy bank ? |
| 21 | I think he said that the media did not pay attention to us . |
| 22 | This would allow us to say that the cat believes the ball is stuck but does not understand that it is . |
| 23 | Well you see he said that the problem with the college site is very few people at the college know how it runs . |
| 24 | What 's it say that the people who do n't like being in groups |
| 25 | The logic of Ormrod J. 's decision must cause us to say that the male in these examples is no longer able to perform the essential role of a male — that is , assert his biological maleness — and is not , therefore , a male for the purposes of marriage , and that therefore there is no marriage . |