Example sentences of "when [pron] say that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always managed to miss the occasional pairs that nest on the Union Canal near my home and I am relying on second-hand reports when I say that the drake whistles softly to his mate who makes raucous growling noises in return . |
| 2 | He said : ’ When I say that the Government are not positive , that is because they have sought no undertakings on regional policy , growth policy or employment policy . ’ |
| 3 | That is what I mean when I say that the problems of crofting , and other rural problems , are in an odd , but very real sense , a national resource . |
| 4 | Lastly , I fear I may have to disappoint you when I say that the coin is more interesting than valuable . |
| 5 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 6 | Like when someone says that the records you love are just plastic junk and they are the sort of people who read and rake in all that shit in the daily papers , then it makes me think that my daily intake of media is far superior to theirs . |
| 7 | What I was wondering was when you said that the dock stopped the money for payment for damages , they 'd paid it back to you . |
| 8 | Can you give an example when you say that the law is designed ? |
| 9 | Mrs Zamzam is correct when she says that the villagers put tree trunks on the road but she seems to have forgotten why this was done . |
| 10 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 11 | When we say that the response of the Community so far has been ineffectual , that is not a comment on the team spirit and competence of that monitoring force . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne , North ( Mr. Henderson ) and the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey ( Mr. Hughes ) were dead right when they said that the Bill is a lost opportunity . |
| 13 | Er , what am I to tell the people in London and partic in particular er when they say that the government and the county council is letting them down ? |
| 14 | What had St John meant when he said that the Word was ‘ with God ’ ? |
| 15 | Well all I can say is that , erm Sir Simon was being extremely modest when he said that the development of this company er , has been due er , entirely to the executive directors . |
| 16 | In principle at least , no one disagreed with Kerschensteiner when he said that the education given should not be ‘ a mere trade or industrial training in the narrower sense of these words ’ , but should involve ‘ everything which leads to a wider outlook and a broader life ’ . |
| 17 | This is illustrated by Lord Wilberforce 's speech when he said that the bill of lading containing the exclusion clause : … brought into existence a bargain initially unilateral but capable of becoming mutual , between the shipper and the [ stevedore ] , made through the carrier as agent . |
| 18 | He put it best , perhaps , when he said that the writer must wade into life as into the sea , but only up to the navel . |
| 19 | But there was laughter at his response to a question about a reported split among the directors when he said that the board was ‘ united and happy ’ with the direction the club was taking . |
| 20 | But there was laughter at his response to a question about a reported split among the directors when he said that the board was ‘ united and happy ’ with the direction the club was taking . |
| 21 | Harlequin captain Winterbottom was on the ball when he said that the cup suited them best in so many ways . |
| 22 | I begin to think , though , that Robert Sheldrake was right when he said that the farm work — and in their case they 'll probably get plenty — would be their bread and butter , and the small animals their jam . |
| 23 | Mr Glancey is inaccurate when he says that the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham rejected an ‘ inspired scheme ’ by Terry Farrell for the reconstruction of Hammersmith Broadway . |
| 24 | He maintains what he claims is the Advaita or non-Dualist position when he says that the Self within man is at one with the essence of reality , which is Truth or God . |
| 25 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 26 | Hincmar puts in a significant phrase when he says that the minores who " confirmed " assembly-decisions did so " not because they were forced to do so , but because they understood them in their own minds and agreed with them " . |
| 27 | He wrote month after month with fearful haste , and yet the Soviet editor only exaggerates slightly when he says that the manuscripts reveal ‘ immense , most rigorous work , literally over every phrase ’ . |
| 28 | All this , but with examples drawn from chess instead of from whist and bridge , is what Wittgenstein has in mind when he says that the term ‘ language-game ’ is meant to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity . |
| 29 | Er the main stumbling bock block that people point to for this , is the I think it 's in Paul 's writings , when he says that the communion must not be taken unworthily or without you know due thought and and sincerity . |