Example sentences of "they say [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interesting and significant not just in what they say but in where they are saying it . |
| 2 | They say that at the moment of death the whole of one 's past life flashes before one 's eyes . |
| 3 | They say that at a certain point it will stop expanding and start contracting again , back into the original primal seed . |
| 4 | They say that on a clear day you can see the Isle of Harris . |
| 5 | it 's not pronounced in mine , but , some er they say that with where it 's gone away , you know , there 's all sorts of things that can prove it I mean the obvious thing is we came from somewhere did n't we ? , we did n't just drop here with a flash of light and er they 've studied plants and other animals and they evolved . |
| 6 | They say that without the introduction of a full-scale growth incentive public confidence will remain at rock bottom with no increase in spending . |
| 7 | They say that until his death he cared for their mother , who 's disabled with polio . |
| 8 | They say that until now paclitaxel for human drug use has been from felled trees , but in 1993 sources other than Pacific yew bark will be used on a commercial scale , and by 1995 they hope actual trees will no longer be needed to produce the drug . |
| 9 | They say that in such a case you search for your mother for the rest of your life . |
| 10 | So effectively Robert Harris and Noel Timms ( ‘ Backs against the wall ’ , 15 April ) turn Parkinson 's Law on its head when they say that in residential care ‘ time expands in accordance with the potentially limitless tasks which exist ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's very strict , ’ Vimla once told me , ‘ But they say that in her youth she was the best dancer in North India . ’ |
| 12 | She says this is an insult to my daughter and to myself they say that by implication we are lying |
| 13 | They say that by following basic advice illnesses , such as sore throats and diarrhoea , can be avoided . |
| 14 | This could be the year they do , though they say that around the Cam every year and have been wrong for 15 of the last 16 . |
| 15 | Consequently , it is suggested that private citizens have difficulty with the forms , both in understanding what they say and in how they should be filled in , and with the hearings , which can be legalistic . |
| 16 | They say and in a hall which |