Example sentences of "[pron] say [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to be chary of the McLaggans — ‘ No no , there is no harm really . |
| 2 | I had meant what I said about being ‘ free ’ , and though I see now that young women often use this argument as a retreat from struggle , a kind of laziness , I did not see it then . |
| 3 | why I wonder you say to be or not to be , |
| 4 | And especially as you say to be humorous . |
| 5 | Erm but er I think when you say about being confrontational there 's if you 've got a client in front of you the last thing that you want to do is have erm a confrontation with them |
| 6 | Old Mother Walsh did n't always mean what she said to be taken literally . |
| 7 | ‘ I rushed out of the bathroom with just a towel to cover myself , ’ she said after being treated for shock and cuts . |
| 8 | ‘ You said to be early , and we were , ’ said Alix . |
| 9 | ‘ What do you say for being allowed to bathe your mistress ? ’ |
| 10 | Meanwhile work continued at Tilberthwaite and two new tunnels were in hand one said to be upon the South Lode , the other in a lode cut in a rooting slate quarry , probably Penny Rigg . |
| 11 | What else can we say about being incompetent . |
| 12 | Yeah , or somebody 's changed and cos they say to be or not to be does n't fit in as well where it is and it should of been |
| 13 | Erm but to come back to the first criterion which says avoid the greenbelt , I know exactly what you mean when you say avoid the greenbelt , but if in the context of the wording before that where it says to be located beyond the outer boundary of the York greenbelt , do you need to have criterion one ? |
| 14 | and he said about being tall |
| 15 | Less ten less ten percent he said for being a good customer . |
| 16 | He said to be very wary and never to speak with a man wearing corduroy trousers , because he would be a bohemian . |
| 17 | The report gave no names of anyone said to be involved . |
| 18 | What does it say on be a label on it somewhere |
| 19 | The explicit extension is the set of propositions which ( almost ) everyone said to be a party to the convention actually accepts as part of its extension . |
| 20 | Parts of Oxford Street and nearby Maddox Street were cordoned off and Charing Cross station cleared following warnings of bombs , one of them said to be in Oxford Street 's Virgin Megastore . |
| 21 | As one of them said on being asked if she ever felt that she spent too much time on her own in the daytime : |
| 22 | I find it a bit hard to believe what said about being the boom 's coming ba not boom but picking up . |