Example sentences of "say [pron] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do whatever you like , I 'm not saying go out and buy War and Peace , because you know , if you do n't , if you 're not into the habit of reading , you pick up War and Peace , and by the time you get through the first page , you say who are all these people ? |
| 2 | ‘ You are not going to have them say you are some kind of dickhead . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I say we are all leaders . |
| 4 | Some people say we 're all establishment minded and other people say we 're all something else minded . |
| 5 | Some people say we 're all establishment minded and other people say we 're all something else minded . |
| 6 | If you say we 're more of a pop band , then that 's a compliment . |
| 7 | But whatever change there is in the higher echelons of the RUC 's bureaucracy ( and some policewomen say there is little ) , sexist attitudes are widespread amongst ordinary policemen , and , in the day-to-day police work of a station , policewomen 's routine duties continue to be structured by gender . |
| 8 | Doctors say there is little that can be done to help . |
| 9 | Stockbrokers say there is little interest in Pilkington shares and today 's figures will lead to little change in a ‘ continuing sell ’ attitude towards shares . |
| 10 | I 'll seal to such a bond , And say there is much kindness in the Jew . |
| 11 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 12 | While it is undoubtedly true that Hindus say there are many gods they also declare that there is but one God , Iśwara , Devādhideva , who is God of gods . |
| 13 | Okay and you say there are some in here ? |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't agree with those who say there are some things that are n't quantifiable , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Touche Ross , who have been handling negotiations for the sale of the American style Marvels park , say there are several potential buyers . |
| 16 | I do n't know that I 've got any ambitions that way although you never know , do you now , what they say there 's many a good tune played on an old fiddle I thought you was going to say old women do n't , older women do n't appeal to me , but what about the one who raped me when I was thirteen ? |
| 17 | And they also say there 's little truth in the myth that women do n't enjoy dirty or sexy jokes . |
| 18 | But crime prevention experts say there 's little they can do to make hospitals secure . |
| 19 | They say resources are stretched to breaking point — administrators say there 's little they can do without more money to pay for new buildings . |
| 20 | Or say there 's more than one person working on a project . |
| 21 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 22 | Observers say there was some overlap between his role and that of Hargrave and Wastnage . |
| 23 | And I say there was some sort of a an embarrassment I can only call it |
| 24 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 25 | This slag-bank is very old — belonging , for the most part , to the last years of the last century , when smelting was so extravagant with ore that some people say there was more iron in the slag than in the pig . |
| 26 | And they say they 're all bad lads today do n't they ? |
| 27 | Well yeah like you say they 're all inter- related . |
| 28 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 29 | The parish council say they 're all potential targets . |
| 30 | you know and it , they do n't need them , say they 're both in their ordinary shoes at the moment |