Example sentences of "be say as " in BNC.

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1	‘ If pours his wise consideration into politics as much as likes riding in his daily life , would not think that would have been said as two or three ministers ' politics by the public .
2	‘ If pours wise consideration into politics as much as likes riding in daily life , would not think that , would have been said as ‘ two three ministers ' politics ' by the public .
3	They will often utter the crucial part of what they are saying as a ‘ throwaway ’ line at the end .
4	Thus the sentence ‘ The price is going up ’ can be said as a statement like this : The price is going up ( the tonic stress could equally well be on ‘ up ’ ) .
5	I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ?
6	we 'll talk to Sue Dave that needs to be , to find out if we can , what 's happening elsewhere cos she can through her colleagues and I will also I I do n't think I 'll ring Margaret but I 'll give Terry a ring Morden who 's the record of achievement guy there and get on quite well with him just to find out what sort of tap they 're taking on it cos er yeah , I I take very much what Sandra 's saying as do n't want our youngsters to be disadvantaged in anyway if others are lies , damn lies and
7	ft was said as a joke , and Dana and I laughed , but it left me frightened .
8	In some variants of reported speech where the speaker is only implicitly identified , the words may be not so much a straight transformation of what was said as a summary or paraphrase of it .
9	It was said as a joke , but if the man had seen the evil look on Fagin 's face , he might have thought the warning was a necessary one .
10	She did n't realise what she was saying as such , but I thought , and I thought , yeah I know .

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