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 | ‘ If all that is said about you is true , then you ought to know , ’ Jehan observed . |
| 3 | 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 : |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Yeah , but I think all the things they said about him were true , I hate the man I do . |
| 8 | Thought you said about you 're ready for shutting . |
| 9 | For some reason , Fenella thought most of what I said to her was rude . |
| 10 | But Pickering said later : ‘ What Vinnie said to me was unrepeatable . ’ |