Example sentences of "say that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE live at a time when reporters go to foreign countries where there is trouble and come back to write books in which they say that it was hard to make out what was going on . |
| 2 | They say that it wes the different claes that done it — the way the butler dressed — an it hed looked at the claes an taen a bad wey o the claes . |
| 3 | That is quite a lot ; but why be more ambitious and say that it makes the place of mind in Nature more intelligible to us ? |
| 4 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 5 | Those who attack the Senate say that it should be abolished , that it is useless and corrupt . |
| 6 | Those who defend it say that it repesents ‘ an area of moderation and wisdom in French democracy ’ and that both are sorely needed . |
| 7 | Did not you hear Miss Rhymer say that it was poems , my dear ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They say that it was a mistake that we had been told that the outbreak was due to Salmonella enteriditis , ’ she said . |
| 9 | He imagined labour as it would be , had it not been formulated by capitalism , and say that it would then be merely an aspect of the total business of living , unseparated from such activities as recreation , consumption , family life : that it would be just part of existence . |
| 10 | Many people say that it demonstrates Mrs Thatcher 's deplorable indifference to the relative importance of a senior Cabinet colleague and a mere half-cock academic adviser . |
| 11 | The debate will take place today and tomorrow behind closed doors , but party insiders say that it is very unlikely that Mr Mugabe will face serious opposition . |
| 12 | Opponents of the whole idea say that it subsidises drug abuse . |
| 13 | Senior commission officials say that it is up to national governments to get a move on . |
| 14 | Dot had heard Mrs Parvis say that it was a crying shame , a young fit man like that . |
| 15 | The way you say that it sounds like crap , but I guess the essence of it makes sense . |
| 16 | If they failed to reach agreement , the Queen would summon them and simply say that it was their business to ensure that the Queen 's government was carried on . |
| 17 | The law requires , permits and claims what the organs of government , acting lawfully , and in particular the courts , say that it does . |
| 18 | I can now speak from experience and say that it 's much easier to spend a day at the office than it is to spend a day at home , and you have the benefit of spending ‘ quality time ’ with your baby at evenings and weekends . |
| 19 | In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting . |
| 20 | His notes say that it was in 1924 , but it must have been sooner , probably 1921 or 1922 , because he was back in South Africa in time to get married in 1923 . |
| 21 | You make everything sound rosy , then you say that it 's awful . |
| 22 | I would prefer , at the risk of offending the purists , to take a robust attitude , and simply say that it is a decision made at a particular time in response to a particular situation against a particular political background , and is poor material on which to build any general proposition . |
| 23 | Of course you might want to take a very purist line and say that it is bad manners to remind others of their bad manners . |
| 24 | The Civil Aviation Authority , which is drawing up safety and environmental guide lines for STOLports say that it sees ‘ no problem in accommodating ’ the docklands plan . |
| 25 | Contemporary accounts say that it could reach quite high speeds on the rails and that it saved fuel . |
| 26 | Newcomers to CAD say that it has its own jargon . |
| 27 | Manufacturing companies such as ICI and Du Pont say that it will take between five and seven years to develop suitable alternatives , and in some cases much less , so compliance with a 1995 withdrawal should pose few problems . |
| 28 | British Rail say that it 's getting there , but in which direction , I wonder ? |
| 29 | Some say that it is because the church has neglected , in almost every generation , to create a true fellowship in Christ that we are faced with modern freemasonry or , more recently , acid house or the New Age groups . |
| 30 | I must be absolutely honest though and say that it 's not always going to be easy to try to live for Jesus at school . |