Example sentences of "say [conj] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and when she was talking to me about different people , I 'd never know who they was , because I was never I was never that interested in Bay to er to find out who they was or to remember she 'd point out somebody and say that 's so and so and then when she 'd mention him a couple of days later I 'd go , Who 's that ? |
| 2 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |
| 3 | Anyone who says that is a chauvinist . |
| 4 | This says that is the RHS of the constraint in which is slack variable or zero if there is no such constraint . |
| 5 | ‘ She says that is good . |
| 6 | The Regulation enters into force after the European Parliament has debated it , which should be no later than 31 March 1993 , but the Directive is delayed until October in response to a request by the Netherlands , which says that is not ready yet with its internal laws . |
| 7 | His friend says that is impossible ( or silly ) , because … |
| 8 | TI says that is figures tend to reflect the trend in failures of more established companies , with historical evidence suggesting that the series often leads other available insolvency indicators by up to six months . |
| 9 | Violent abuse , death threats , bomb warnings and evangelical types were also far more common on the phones then , though received Switchboard wisdom says that 's because they have more trouble getting through now and tend to get discouraged and give up quicker than genuine callers . |
| 10 | Ever-loyal Leigh says that 's grossly unfair on a woman who proved she could act in the movie Madame Sousatzka and that she could sing and dance in the film version of Thirties musical The Boyfriend . |
| 11 | Although the market is growing by some 69% per annum now , Ovum says that 's already down 10% on its 1991 report 's prediction , and will fall to 27% per annum by 1997 . |
| 12 | Blufton says that 's the main reason why he 's into prison reform . ’ |
| 13 | The story goes there 's a little carved head which is nailed by the ears to the door and everyone here says that 's Oliver Cromwell . ’ |
| 14 | Oxfam says that 's impossible , so they 'll have to withdraw all their toys . |
| 15 | But the National Rivers Authority says that 's nonsense . |
| 16 | But Gloucester prison 's assistant Governor says that 's nonsense . |
| 17 | He 's concerned about environmental issues and the destruction of the planet he says that 's his reason for carrying on working . |
| 18 | But a former commander of the British Army in Ulster , who himself survived an assassination attempt says that 's blackmail . |
| 19 | The licensee says that 's because he 's determined to ensure it 's safe : |
| 20 | The manufacturer says that 's rubbish . |
| 21 | The cast 's sole survivor from the great Minstrel days says that 's a shame . |
| 22 | The hotel owner says that 's nonsense , and the flag will stay put . |
| 23 | While Shatov expounds and disputes ardently , and incidentally takes a lot of good- and God-focused material off the shoulders of the notebook Stavrogin ( ‘ ‘ Shatov must be tied up before you can argue with him , ' ’ Stepan Verkhovensky sometimes joked' ) , only to Kirillov can it be said and is it said , ‘ you have n't swallowed an idea , but an idea has swallowed you ’ — to which he responds delightedly with ‘ That 's good . |
| 24 | John Cole , Skelmersdale : ‘ Morrissey obviously believes what he is saying and is brave enough to say it whatever the consequences . |
| 25 | So th let's look then back at this illustration for a moment , this incident , Jesus then gets er a few of his disciples and they go out , in the boat , and there are others who follow him , they get into their boats quite likely , quite possibly that many of the others would have been followers of Jesus , some of his other disciples , it 's unlikely in these very small little er lakeside fishing boats that many of disciples would have got in , there might have been four or five of them that would have been about the lot and so the others would have got into some of the other boats which were nearby and , and others are the people that had been listening to Jesus , they too get into boats , and they pull out following him , wanting to hear if he 's got anything more to say , wanting to witness anything else that he 's gon na do , they wan na be there to see and to hear what Jesus has to say and is going to do . |
| 26 | and others really victim , I said but is n't it , is n't it kinder in a way , I would n't , if they really are sick in their minds then but for the grace of god would n't it be kinder to stick a needle in their bottoms when they were asleep so they did n't wake up again |
| 27 | mm she said but is n't there a letter box outside |
| 28 | ‘ All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her . |