Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | These brought in the cash , but had to be meticulously types with no rubbing out , or so they said . |
| 2 | The winds began in the night , or so they said . |
| 3 | He was fourteen years old , intelligent , forceful , capable of listening attentively to his ministers and then overruling them and going his own way , capable , even , or so they said , of arguing a case strenuously and sensibly against the king himself in Westminster , though he seldom won his way there ; but he was still a boy , unpractised , with little experience yet of living . |
| 4 | Or so they say . |
| 5 | Petrolia Cats and dogs sense the earthquake 's imminence , or so they say . |
| 6 | Timing is everything , or so they say . |
| 7 | X marks the spot , or so they say . |
| 8 | On a clear day you can see as far as Dublin from the Great Car of Donard ( or so they say ) , but mist or heat haze have always foreshortened the view for me . |
| 9 | And whether they tend to get older and move on , or like you say I totally agree , Have they took off somewhere else ? |
| 10 | Or if they said , well , I can manage on that half until the year 's expired , and then have one plan kick in at fifty two weeks , with the full benefits . |
| 11 | Or if someone says What are you doing ? we can just answer Eating a mango instead of I am eating a mango because we know that I am is understood and does not have to be said . |
| 12 | They went to get a bucket of water or if I said , Ooh you 're not looking |
| 13 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 14 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 15 | I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't ! |
| 16 | I hope I will , that we will have support in it on this issue and I do n't want to take up all the time but it is something that members do approach me in , and and others on the members ' services sub and I hope we have time Chairman to er give this report some consideration and let's say it 's a v , it 's a very important if you Chairman want any additionals to the recommendations , or if you say we 're going too far in the recommendations because those recommendations you have down in front of you will be forwarded on and you 're officers and your your your policies and resources they 've given some time on on this report and therefore on the bottom of page thirty one the motion to be moved says that the comments of the policy and resources committee and the recommendations of the joint working party and the internal management of the local authorities be noted for submission to the Association of County Councils as appropriate . |
| 17 | So it does n't matter whether we look at it as whether you 'd get a third or whether you say you 'd get two sixths well it does n't matter cos it 's the same size it 's just it 's cut into two pieces or the way you wanted to do it which was a good way with the first pizza . |
| 18 | The three basic methods are gas and air , which many had used , some so enthusiastically that they ended up either very sleepy , or as one said , " as high as a kite " . |
| 19 | Single and over forty , or as they say in the world of women executives , SINBAD ( Single Income , Neurotic , Bankable and Desperate ) . |
| 20 | Tony and Matt are both experienced cavers , they have the right equipment , have had a guide to the mines produced by the Northern Association of Caving Clubs , and , more importantly , Matt at least has done this sort of thing before , or as he said , If I remember rightly … " |
| 21 | Just to keep fit , or as he said ‘ to warm up for a day at Sekers ’ he swims about three miles each week . |
| 22 | Okay that 's a good guess or as you said Kelly you could just use your , your fraction here as and mark it off cos you know that 's a third or you could measure the angle on the fraction and see what it comes to oh yes |
| 23 | How how about that as a very practical suggestion or as you say perhaps finding |
| 24 | Because it 's a different erm different outlook or as you say , different erm a different thingumabob with regard to the job altogether . |
| 25 | Sky T V so they were either watching it on their own or being very neighbourly with their neighbours or listening to it on the radio or as you say , up in Liverpool . |
| 26 | Or persuade or influence , or as I say even vote with their pocket books . |
| 27 | Or as it said on my school report for P E er tries hard but lacks stamina . |
| 28 | Well , except that , that erm I think that even in defending our idea that we retain our individuality you relied on spacial movement , that is when you say that , or when I say that the one is within us , clearly you must be speaking metaphorically . |
| 29 | And you sign them up or when I say sign them up they 're er an account is opened |
| 30 | I mean that box on the left hand side there could be Ralph Gardener Community High School and where it says science or maths or whatever |