Example sentences of "[conj] he say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well Else read out this bit from a book by Billy Graham , The Secret of 'Appiness it 's called , where 'e says that a man told 'im 'e only took a bath once a week , and Billy Graham told 'im there was something wrong with 'is purity of heart . ’ |
| 2 | David showed prudence in doing the things committed to him by Saul ; Job exemplified simplicity ( in the good sense ) for it was said of him that he was a simple man ; Solomon , in Proverbs , highlighted patience , where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience . |
| 3 | At the same time he said that new rules would be drawn up on the ownership of property , in preparation for the privatization of numerous state enterprises ; in this context he demanded a cut in bank interest rates , from a typical level of 50 per cent to around 20 per cent , so as to encourage private investment in industry , where he said that productivity had fallen by 10 per cent since the start of the year . |
| 4 | This was explained by Lord Diplock in Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd , AC 1982 724 at 736 , where he said that the English system treated the construction of written agreements as questions of law because of the legacy of trial by juries who might not all be literate . |
| 5 | One hopes that reading it may have good effects , of the kind described by Wordsworth in the 1800 Preface , or more succinctly summed up by Lewis in the conclusion to An Experiment in Criticism , where he says that literature heals the wound without undermining the privilege of individuality . |
| 6 | I quote there a sonnet by him , where he says that with him it is the language which creates the poetry . |
| 7 | He did say that he disagreed with the choice of John Hill 's ‘ Karen ’ for first prize in the PORTRAIT section , he reckoned that it was quite ordinary and not up to John Hill 's normally high standard , although he said that John Hill 's first and second prizes in the ARCHITECTURAL/BUILDINGS/RECORD were very well deserved and entirely right . |
| 8 | We had none of those commitments from the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East , although he said that education and training would be key priorities . |
| 9 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 10 | Although he says that he intends to keep an open mind , Montagnier has criticized the government in the past for not supporting more research outside the mainstream and for not paying more attention to Africa . |
| 11 | Does he recall that he said that if the business community took the first step he and the police would give it whatever support and back-up it needed ? |
| 12 | Peter Rogers , who produced all the movies , told me that he said that as long as he had enough money to keep himself and his mother he was happy . |
| 13 | What bothered me mo well wha one of the things that bothers me is the fact that he said that he would n't like to do hospital chaplaincy because he would n't like to go visiting because he 's got no small talk . |
| 14 | It is true that he says that he has checked " difficult readings " against the Oxford text ( p. 9 ) . |
| 15 | He knew that I had always stopped and got off if there was anything else on the road — and that was back in wartime remember — so he said that with the sort of traffic that 's on the road now I would never be on for getting off ! |
| 16 | ‘ So he said that if he caught Springsteen in his back garden again , he would heave a half-brick at him . |
| 17 | Hi Mike , so he says that I 've got to say hello to you , alright |
| 18 | Qaddafi says that nations are likely to have a greater proportion of written members than tribes generally do ( III , ‘ Merits of the tribe ’ , ‘ The nation ’ ) ; and he says that shared experience can forge a common solidarity , a sense of belonging . |
| 19 | And he says that the European Commission , which has been trying to break down trade barriers in pharmaceuticals since 1975 backs him . |
| 20 | And he says that the company has tried , since 1980 , to get approval from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to slacken the regulations on how much radioactivity is allowed on clothing . |
| 21 | A friend of mine in Holland runs a psycho-geriatric hospital and he says that approximately twenty per cent of the patients sent to him suffering from seeming senility , i.e. confusion , some incontinence , and anxiety attacks , are in fact suffering from prolonged overdoses of tea . |
| 22 | I met Herman at the FitzGeralds ’ [ the writer Kevin FitzGerald and his wife Janet — the latter had been Herman 's producer on the occasions when he broadcast on Woman 's Hour ] , and he says that there is less of Ivy every time he sees her . |
| 23 | And he says that the registers will not just impact on companies owning the land included . |
| 24 | He has been careful to hide most of its nine-storey bulk underground , which suits its other use , as the town library , and he says that the gallery courtyard , with generous cascading staircases linking all the public levels , has been inspired by the hill towns of the region , with their steps and terraces . |
| 25 | My husband is a minister and an artist and he says that the cannon of the female figure is various and he sees beauty in all types |
| 26 | Anyway , she talked to her doctor about it , unbearably , and he says that this is quite a common male reaction to pregnancy . |
| 27 | And he says that the incinerator has broken down . " |
| 28 | This criticism does n't appear to worry him , and he says that the proof is in the pudding , patting his film case . |
| 29 | On the local front , Peter Spratt refers to the company 's recent work on behalf of Mace , and he says that there is early evidence that the Mace ‘ Gerry Anderson ’ campaign is conveying something of the pleasure of grocery shopping , as well as making an important statement about branded merchandise and value for money . |
| 30 | Saw Dennis Law on T V , and he says that when he first played against Danny , he kicked him all round , all , all over the park . |