Example sentences of "say that [pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It expresses what we mean when we say that we have our reservations or vacillate about something . |
| 2 | If managers say that they gain their vision and their pragmatic skill informally and from diverse sources , if they see their own development as something which took many years and came from a wide range of contexts , it is unlikely that a short-term substitute can be found which will fit into either the narrow limits of brief in-service training courses , year-long secondments or part-time study in higher education . |
| 3 | Workers at Dowty aerospace can at least take comfort in one thing — the firms management say that they hope their streamlining programme is now at an end and that no further major redundancies will be announced . |
| 4 | Depth of sleep Many parents say that they think their child wets the bed because of being in such deep sleep . |
| 5 | Newcomers to CAD say that it has its own jargon . |
| 6 | No , I do n't , and I get very cross when people say that he wasted his talent . |
| 7 | I overheard him say that he lost his desire , lost his drive and everything . |
| 8 | She says that they kept her awake at night , and climbed over the fences . |
| 9 | The Ecology Building Society argues that it is recreating the original grass-roots feel of a membership-owned mutual society , and says that it involves its members closely in the development of new savings accounts . |
| 10 | Mum says that it took her hours to look up all the verses . |
| 11 | Making it clear that short-termism is not an affliction from which Siemens AG suffers , the company says that it expects its loss-making semiconductor division to show a profit in the 1995-96 business year , which starts October 1 1995 : it looks for sales of some $2,000m that year , compared with about $1,187m last fiscal year ; the company aims to achieve profitability via tight cost control , strategic cooperation with other companies and the moving of labour-intensive activities to south-east Asia ; the division 's workforce will be just under 12,000 in 1995-96 compared with some 13,200 at present . |
| 12 | He says that she told her husband , they discussed it and decided not to tell the police . |
| 13 | The newspaper says that she ends her speech with the words : ‘ There is no magic formula that will transform sorrow into happiness , intolerance into compassion , or war into peace . ’ |
| 14 | He says that he had his directions in prayer and reverence from the saint , and I have every reason to believe him . |
| 15 | Those of Mr. Green 's are veritable mountains , he says that he knows their anatomy and he is undoubtedly right . ’ |
| 16 | Goscelin says that he put his crown on the Winchester crucifix when he had supremacy over four kingdoms . |
| 17 | Matthew Paris says that he performed his duties with cunning , shamelessness and violence , and extorted from the northern landowners an ‘ incredible ’ and ‘ stupefying ’ amount of money . |
| 18 | The Indian Government have said that they appreciate our continued close co-operation in the fight against terrorism . |
| 19 | An example of the first might be Mrs Thatcher , insofar as it is said that she dominated her Cabinets . |
| 20 | They had had a bitter , sniping quarrel in the hall , because Sara had said that she needed her car . |
| 21 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 22 | He has said that he wrote his second novel to say , ‘ Up you , Charlie ! ’ to those who had told him that getting out one book was easy . |
| 23 | Vic Williams has said that he left his regiment only after concluding that he had no other option remaining ( at no time prior to his decision to leave was he made aware of his rights as a soldier to register a conscientious objection to military service ) . |
| 24 | Willis was blamed for costly delays that plagued filming throughout , and it 's said that he antagonized his co-stars by constantly ad-libbing during takes , leaving the other actors speechless . |
| 25 | He was ‘ permitted to put in a long day 's work for his Master , and it can be truly said that he gave his best ’ . |
| 26 | If we describe ourselves as advocates of animal rights , therefore , it is quite different from saying that we rest our case with anti-cruelty or pro-welfare . |
| 27 | But I 'd also become disenchanted with pro-lifers who seemed to be saying that they loved my unborn baby but hated me ! |
| 28 | Oh I know but saying that I think my kiddies ' school 's all right so I 've got |
| 29 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 30 | Do n't clench your fists tensely , or get so enthusiastic about what you are saying that you wave your arms about and knock over the wine . |