Example sentences of "say [pers pn] 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 | He says they are market leaders and serve one in twenty drivers , other chains can follow them . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | He says they 're trade secrets and Jaws is just a trout compared to a Zander . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ Well , sir , he says he 's Hauptmann Alfred Horn . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | The regiment says it 's character building , fun , and most importantly , a useful way of recruiting . |
19 | He says it 's agood unit . |
20 | She says it 's highway robbery . |
21 | She says it 's highway robbery . |
22 | Well she says it 's guilt money and that is possible . |
23 | Jashav Barisna says it 's auction price will be only two percent of it 's original value . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | ‘ I 'd have said it was Sunday morning if you want it right . ’ |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Flashman said : ‘ Barry and I took calls on Thursday from someone saying he was Martin Edwards , and we genuinely thought it was him . |
28 | We 're simply saying it 's government policy that North Yorkshire takes account of the regeneration needs of West Yorkshire . |
29 | And now the hunt are turning round and they 're lying about what they 're doing , they 're saying it 's pest control , they 're saying , we do it , it 's quick , it 's a sharp nip in the back of the neck . |
30 | So you 're saying it 's Tuesday afternoon |