Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still convinced that there was something wrong and said that he had noticed some urethral discharge first thing in the morning and also a slight ‘ tingle ’ when he first passed urine in the day . |
| 2 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 3 | The plaintiff was not interested but said that the defendant could do this work as long as the resultant program was not marketed in the UK . |
| 4 | To suggest we should ignore such a sign is as irrational as saying that the blue-black line which appears on the gums due to chronic lead poisoning is of no significance because it does n't cause any pain or discomfort . |
| 5 | An engineer 's report had condemned the spire as dangerous and said that it must be dismantled . |
| 6 | I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast . |
| 7 | I have to be honest and say that the last few years have not been as good as I would have expected . |
| 8 | Her husband then became extremely emotional and said that if she did not sign , the whole company would go bankrupt and their son John would lose his home as well . |
| 9 | That is quite a lot ; but why be more ambitious and say that it makes the place of mind in Nature more intelligible to us ? |
| 10 | He claimed repair works were urgent and said that although the public had responded magnificently , councils and businesses had not followed suit , with the exception of ICI which had given £500 . |
| 11 | Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep . |
| 12 | Baldwin agreed that the request for a special bill was reasonable and said that he would commend it to his colleagues . |
| 13 | Based in the South-west , Richard Tarr , a shop assistant , runs a motorcycle rapid response unit for the UFO group Quest International and says that more and more of his calls are about crop formations . |
| 14 | He agreed that this advice had been good but said that things had now gone too far . |
| 15 | That glow was swiftly dampened , however , as she realised that in one and the same breath he was as good as saying that he was aware of Lubor Ondrus 's propensity to flirt with any female who was a quarter way pretty . |
| 16 | Moreover , they regard the A afarensis toes as comparatively short and say that Stern and Susman have been selective in the toe bones they analysed , concentrating on those from the largest specimen . |
| 17 | The Lord Lieutenant responded with his personal congratulations to all concerned and said that making a double presentation was a first for him too . |
| 18 | Some criticise aspects of his theories , for example that the first 5 years of childhood are all important and say that all years of childhood are vitally important . |
| 19 | But this does not mean that we swing to the opposite extreme and say that because doubt is a result of the Fall , all doubts are necessarily destructive , negative , even sinful . |
| 20 | My last migraine of any consequence was over four months ago , but I would not be so brash as to say that I have been cured . |
| 21 | Age Concern Scotland claimed that the VAT decision was irresponsible and said that income support was already inadequate to maintain tolerable conditions . |
| 22 | erm Although one would hate to be , I do n't want to be accused of being elitist and saying that E H O's must do a particular job , but what I would like to say it that we need people who are trained to a sufficient level to be able to do the ultra high risk catering area , as distinct from other high-risk areas . |
| 23 | For example , if we take those words there , I I hope that most of you can work out that that says , the cat , right , some of you can be difficult and say that you ca n't but I should think that most of you can . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |
| 25 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 26 | Mace declined to comment , other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 27 | Mace declined to comment other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 28 | I can not take the matter any further at this stage , other than to say that no request has been received , as yet , for a statement to be made . |
| 29 | He declined to comment on the progress of his mission other than to say that his visit had been " very , very useful " . |
| 30 | This could not be explained , other than to say that the two things caused the passage to " jar " . |