Example sentences of "[conj] say [that] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And basically we can draw a line between an element in one set , and an element in the other , and say that represents some sort of relationship . |
| 2 | ring me today and say that 's got diarrhoea , he 'll keep the car today but he do n't want it tomorrow can you find someone else who wants it . |
| 3 | ‘ In a glorious letter from Mother , ’ Leslie wrote , ‘ she waxes indignant about the formalities we must satisfy , and says that getting married seems to be in the category of committing a crime . ’ |
| 4 | I mean most companies would rather the four centimetres or whatever over a or and says that says things they 'd like to hear , than have erm than have say er which basically |
| 5 | Trinity House is becoming increasingly concerned about vandalism to light buoys and beacons in the Thames Estuary and Channel areas and says that damage to navigation aids cost half a million pounds to repair last year . |
| 6 | Mervyn Gowell was a fitter at the plant and says that working on the Meteor was a labour of love . |
| 7 | A leading pay analysis company , Income Data Services , predicts that the incidence of pay freezes lasting a year or more is likely to increase still further and says that pay cuts are also becoming more common , particularly in vulnerable sectors like construction and engineering . |
| 8 | Hopkinton , Massachusetts-based EMC Corp reported first quarter net profit more than twice what they were in the year-ago period — figures , page five — and says that demand for the Symmetrix 5500 series disk arrays has been greater than the company expected , so that it has had to increase the build plan for the remainder of the year . |
| 9 | It filed for a $300m offering of convertible debt and says that proceeds from the sale of the convertible junior subordinated notes will be used to repay part of its existing 9.5% subordinated debentures . |
| 10 | Q What is it your child does and says that makes you refer to his/her actions/words as a temper tantrum ? |
| 11 | The Russian Defence Minister , Marshal Pavel Grachev , described the move as a " flagrant violation of all earlier accords " and said that attempts to seize Russian military hardware would lead to " armed clashes " . |
| 12 | ‘ One farmer came back and said that employing 300 Kenyans cost one-fifth as much as weedkiller , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The Lord Lieutenant responded with his personal congratulations to all concerned and said that making a double presentation was a first for him too . |
| 14 | He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae . |
| 15 | Having plumped for Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC over the Intel i860 — ‘ because of price/performance ’ — for its next generation of systems , Stratus plans no further computers using the i860 at this time , but says that depends to some extent on whether Intel manages another iteration of its RISC . |
| 16 | Mr for the defendant effectively accepts that , but says that having regard to Mr er undoubted success in regard to provision of one to one assistance in relation to other children , some of whom are less disabled than Paul , that I should try and look to local authority will provide thirty hours assistance or thereabouts after say eighteen months and that therefore in this regard the defendant should pay for only one and a half years of er enabler 's time . |
| 17 | Unify director Tony Bowden denied that there was any truth in the rumours last week , but said that Unify was ‘ signing deals on Sybase left right and centre ’ . |
| 18 | It is certainly true that the individual is more sensitive to particular types of influence at some developmental stages than at others , but to say that tells us little , either about the extent to which the period can be shifted or about the reasons for the increased sensitivity . |
| 19 | Also in May , while Mugabe reaffirmed his commitment to a one-party state , the Minister of Finance , Economic Planning and Development , Bernard Chidzero , was quoted by The Chronicle newspaper as saying that moves away from one-party systems in Africa should be encouraged . |
| 20 | She hesitated , then went on , ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I would go so far as to say that forgetting the past is the only way we 're going to achieve any sort of working relationship . ’ |