Example sentences of "say it [be] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 2 | So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it . |
| 3 | Pilot 's widow says it 's the way he wanted to die . |
| 4 | ‘ The chairman of the bench denies falling asleep and says it was the way he was sitting in his chair , ’ he said . |
| 5 | His best friend says it was the way he would have wanted to go |
| 6 | But she says it was the tiredness she was unprepared for . |
| 7 | Desmond says it was the woman he lives with — is n't it awful , at his age ! — who really suggested there should be a get-together . |
| 8 | I did n't say it was mine I said it was the people I 've spoken to . |