Example sentences of "say [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well no No only if you turn round and say that we 're giving you board . |
| 2 | ‘ We often say that we are looking for the intention of Parliament , but that is not quite accurate . |
| 3 | Lord Browne-Wilkinson quotes the observation of Lord Reid that ‘ we often say that we are looking for the intention of Parliament but that is not quite accurate . |
| 4 | Whenever things went wrong she would blame us and say that we were causing Bernard difficulties . ’ |
| 5 | But Suzanne , you say that we were talking about this in our college . |
| 6 | Can anyone put their hand on their heart and say that they are looking forward to very old age ? |
| 7 | Er Stuart Argyle on I also say that they are removing one tree outside the former Horse and Groom public house as well . |
| 8 | The travellers say that they ARE cleaning up — but admit that it 'll be impossible to remove all the waste . |
| 9 | They say that they are following this course because bookshops are essentially ineffective in expanding their market and that it is unreasonable for them to be restricted to selling their product to us alone . |
| 10 | Hamer say that they are committed to producing instruments of the highest quality , using only the best woods , so that any potential purchaser may have a vintage quality guitar without the mega-buck price tag . |
| 11 | I think those are perhaps the hardest cases , where the parents are not able to cope because they just can not cope , they are subnormal , and you ca n't in any way say that they are to blame , they 're just totally inadequate people . |
| 12 | They say that they 're fed up of cuts … they want more money for education and social services . |
| 13 | And if they , that 's what you say that they 're doing |
| 14 | But the firms owners say that they 're doing nothing wrong . |
| 15 | Erm , you say that they 're going to tidied in July , thi this year |
| 16 | They say that they 're going to move them from laybys , then have n't got lorries , etc . |
| 17 | Investment has turned positive overall at the U K level and the regions which are leading investment expectations and this is people 's expectations about what they 're going to do in terms of investment in plant and machinery over the year ahead which I think is probably the meaningful one to focus on rather than buildings numbers erm the two regions which are leading that are the south west erm and that makes sense because the south west is , has the lowest number of firms who say that they 're working below capacity and also the West Midlands , for the last five surveys the West Midlands has either been the most optimistic |
| 18 | R.R. Darlington stressed that the ecclesiastical content of several tenth-century law codes suggests that they originated as the canons of synods. Æthelstan 's first code , for example , and his Ordinance on Charities , both say that they were framed on the advice of Archbishop Wulfhelm of Canterbury and other bishops , and the text known as I Edmund appears from its prologue to be a set of decisions taken purely by the ecclesiastical wing of the witan ( royal council ) ; they may eventually have been issued as a royal decree , but that I Edmund in its surviving form is something other than this is implied by the fifth chapter , which exhorts the king to put churches in order . |
| 19 | I felt awful as other children were upset and their mums looked horrified so I had to go and explain to each mum individually why I thought she did it and say that they were to feel free to stop her themselves and explain . |
| 20 | Pharmacists say that they were promised payment for the service . |
| 21 | Do you think that the idea of a adjustability er you say that they were snapped up , do you think that people actually once they get an adjustable light fitting , do you think that they actually adjust it ? |
| 22 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 23 | The prosecution say that she was plucked from the bridge by Hagans , who 'd lain in wait for the right victim and then pounced . |
| 24 | " Just say that you are writing to confirm that you want a detailed report because the matter is of such importance to so many people , and are prepared to wait for it . |
| 25 | Another idea , suggested by Nic Picot , is that you say that you are going to predict under which of five cups the audience is going to leave a coin . |
| 26 | Then say that you are going to pick up the cards in any order , which you do keeping the pairs together . |
| 27 | Arrange a number of children in a line behind you and say that you are going to play a game of ‘ follow the leader ’ . |
| 28 | Erm again , you say that you 're going round to all the schools and what have you , and again , this can only be extremely good because , after all , this is where |
| 29 | You might have ageing parents who you support and god knows how much other outgoings which are hidden and then you have to go down that road and say that you 're going to look at at financial status you 're going to have to say and exactly what are all of your outgoings in and now down going to get real unpleasant intrusion into people 's business . |
| 30 | Yeah , you say that you were waiting a year ! |