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

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1 ‘ We say you 're Philip Doyle .
2 It 's just that … you say you are Elsie McKillop 's brother … ’
3 ‘ Dids't thoo say we 're Lady Lassiter 's faither and brother ? ’
4 I 've got no idea of what it might fetch , but as I say it is fiction Kath , do n't worry about it .
5 They all say it 's time Hawkwood was put on the map against that Greycoats .
6 They , they put , we go to er , a little shop in , only a little shop and they have to got into er one at Croydon every Thursday , and he get 's , the manager , he get 's the er , driver 's to come out of head office , and what staff , and he always buys it in bulk and he , he still buys say it 's coca cola say it was ten pence a can
7 They also say it was government research which slipped back the most between 1973 and 1981 and that industry needs to be allowed to make profits before upping R&D .
8 Say it was sewage farms that 's
9 They say it was Quatro Flats . ’
10 A guest , Mr Prentice , is attending an important luncheon being held at the hotel ; a very hysterical lady who says she is Mrs Prentice comes to the reception desk and demands that Mr Prentice be found as she wishes to speak to him .
11 ‘ Oh , Francis always says we 're pervert posers ’ anonymous — we do an arts magazine , Pink I Do Like , gay and lesbian stuff .
12 A campaign group that 's been set up to lobby on behalf of the thousands of people who are thought to have lost their pensions says there 's lttle hope of Alan 's ever being refunded …
13 Her mother had always said there was gypsy blood in her , and she had often experienced strange insights and premonitions .
14 He says they are market leaders and serve one in twenty drivers , other chains can follow them .
15 I thought the newt or the Knifefish might be eating the fish , but one of my books says they are community fish , and another says they are not .
16 He says they 're trade secrets and Jaws is just a trout compared to a Zander .
17 The assassins had never been traced , and the British authorities had said they were Sinn Feiners ; it was a stupid accusation , for MacCurtain had been a staunch Republican himself , so nobody had any doubt that the killers were Black and Tans .
18 ‘ Well , sir , he says he 's Hauptmann Alfred Horn .
19 An FBI spokesman said Koresh , 33 , the curly-haired former musician who says he is Jesus Christ , was still inside his fortified farm complex near Waco in Texas .
20 The regiment says it 's character building , fun , and most importantly , a useful way of recruiting .
21 He says it 's agood unit .
22 She says it 's highway robbery .
23 She says it 's highway robbery .
24 Well she says it 's guilt money and that is possible .
25 Jashav Barisna says it 's auction price will be only two percent of it 's original value .
26 Jim Magilton is the second Liverpool reserves player to join the U's , after the signing of John Durning three years ago , and he says it was Brian Horton 's enthusiasm that had tice that enticed him away from the Merseyside side .
27 ‘ I 'd have said it was Sunday morning if you want it right . ’
28 Today we went to a fair in the morning and Loz from Kingmaker won a goldfish in a plastic bag and Bobby Gillespie got thrown off the bumper cars for saying he was Marc Bolan in a Mini and Polly Harvey was a tree .
29 Flashman said : ‘ Barry and I took calls on Thursday from someone saying he was Martin Edwards , and we genuinely thought it was him .
30 We 're simply saying it 's government policy that North Yorkshire takes account of the regeneration needs of West Yorkshire .
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