Example sentences of "be [adj] say [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 2 | Price of greatness I AM sorry to say we are living in an age of mediocrity . |
| 3 | ‘ Many Germans are afraid to say they are Germans . |
| 4 | You 're right to say you 're no baby , lass . |
| 5 | And I think what 's getting to me tonight , they 're all saying it 's a problem , and it 's tired , I mean , so is life ! |
| 6 | I am glad to say she is now beautiful but , even after all this time , she is still having nightmares ( though not often ) and is extremely nervous . |
| 7 | It would have been stupid to say I was n't going to sleep with him , because I knew I would . |
| 8 | You are all saying we 're not interested , we 're not interested . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry to say she 's still alive , ’ Adam said . |
| 10 | ‘ It would be wrong to say we are over-run with Japanese visitors — there 's plenty of room and welcome for visitors from every country — but their numbers do seem to be increasing , ’ said Dr Robert Woof , 60 , director of the Wordsworth Trust . |
| 11 | It took a little time , but er , eventually he got it , and now I 'm delighted to say he 's one of the most organised managers on earth . |
| 12 | ‘ When I 'm old and grey , ’ said Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson afterwards , ‘ and people talk about great individual goals , I 'll be privileged to say I was there when Eric Cantona scored this one . |
| 13 | This guy , he was hardly — it would be hard to say he was — a pal . |
| 14 | We 're going to cover press releases , a very important way of feeding information into the media generally , and there I 'm glad to say you 're going to do a lot of the work — you 've already been primed to do your homework , I hope you have — and you 're going to do work from group and we 're going to work with you to see whether we can sharpen up some of these press releases . |
| 15 | I 'm glad to say it was a business-like meeting which focussed on clarifying what action should be taken by the European Community on furthering Coastal Zone Management , particularly in the context of its 5th Action Programme . |
| 16 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 17 | I 'm reluctant to say I 'm hungry because I know the response will be : ‘ That figures ’ . |
| 18 | And I will be bold to say I am honest , though poor , and if you was a prince it would not be otherwise . |
| 19 | I 'm happy to say I 'm going to marry the young man who has been courting me , Sergeant Troy . |
| 20 | Millions poured on to the streets of London on 29 July 1981 to be able to say they were there on the day , to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like . |
| 21 | They would n't be able to say I was having sex with you then , not if you were n't here . |
| 22 | Interviewed by Central TV 's documentary ‘ The Acid Test ’ , Chester declared that ‘ You can not possibly , by observing diatoms , be able to say it is definitely due to power stations or to any other cause . |
| 23 | They will be able to say it is ‘ our ’ money . |
| 24 | It would be tough to say he was disappointed with his round , but there 's no doubt the last hole left a bitter taste in his mouth . |
| 25 | I mean , I think every women sho , here should be proud to say they 're a feminist if they believe in equal rights for theirself , and it 's only men that use in the derogatory way . |
| 26 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm proud to say I 'm the first member of my family to join the Labour Party . |
| 28 | To put it in a nutshell , I think it would be fair to say they were seriously pissed off with us . |
| 29 | I am pleased to say she was afterwards housed elsewhere . |
| 30 | ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’ |