Example sentences of "say [prep] [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She picked up her cup , and said in a voice as cool as she could make it , ‘ Yes , I have heard of Miss Foy , and what you say of her is true .
2 Alright well , generally then I think from hearing what you 're saying , erm , some good points , some perhaps things that you 'd do differently next time , and then what it obviously says about you is that , you 're all managers and you all have different styles , and you possibly do things in different ways .
3 ‘ If all that is said about you is true , then you ought to know , ’ Jehan observed .
4 From what we have said above it is clear that there is no single structure for reports , although what follows can be used as a model :
5 Cos it 's it 's puts it do , I know you were saying about it 's difficult to answer yes or no to a question but i in this case it 's really true because I answered no but I 've I 've got erm I mean I 've I 've got a degree in politics and I studied er , I did a a course women in politics
6 He 'll be saying to me is that lady coming who lives in a hole now , Bodger and Badger .
7 that 's er that 's right , you know , and erm what I 'm saying to myself is okay , you know , er maybe it will be tiring , I 'm sure it will maybe it will be erm expensive , like take a taxi because ca n't walk , you know , erm erm okay
8 you 're saying to it 's logical conclusion , then why do n't we just erm , open up Hampden up sell the stuff there , you know people , you know , if children want it or adults
9 What I 'm saying to you is that , that we actually need to find additional money for this , because this is over our budgeted amount if we are to proceed , and I , the clerk is suggesting to us that we do proceed , because he 's concerned on our behalfs .
10 I think erm what she 's really saying to you is that writing 's not an art , writing is a science , bloody hard work .
11 Yeah , but I think all the things they said about him were true , I hate the man I do .
12 Thought you said about you 're ready for shutting .
13 and I said to her is that what your going to call your baby and she said yes , so I said well you realize what the initials spell and she went Pauline , oh my goodness I did n't know that
14 For some reason , Fenella thought most of what I said to her was rude .
15 And I ca n't see that what she said to me is any of your business . ’
16 All Irene said to me was that what worried her was that ‘ she had said nothing to her ’ .
17 Never thought any more about it and she said to me was that this morning ?
18 But Pickering said later : ‘ What Vinnie said to me was unrepeatable . ’
19 I of that and I said to him is that the last one ?
20 er I said , er , all I said to him was that , erm , he said , he said he was going back er up , up and down most weekends to er
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