Example sentences of "say [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say this and some say that but I say number six ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh you say that but I know better . |
| 3 | But the conservators say that since their membership is made up of people nominated by local councils , it 's wrong to say they 're undemocratic . |
| 4 | Some people say that since you 've been away , and the conference illustrated this quite dramatically , particularly the fringe meetings . |
| 5 | Those in the know say that unless he drops the square fringe and lets his locks grow he 'll never get to pop the bubbly . |
| 6 | ‘ I say that 'cause he were n't a ‘ appy man . |
| 7 | Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness . |
| 8 | Council staff say that although there has been a general increase in nonpayment in the region most non-payers are on the electoral roll . |
| 9 | But management say that while they would like to employ specialist staff they simply have not got the money . |
| 10 | That of course assumes that everything spent on transport in England is a national cost and that the policing of London is a national cost , but we say that once we settle down and allocate the nature of expenditure as between the two countries , disallowing the cost of running the southern region of the railways as a United Kingdom expense , it is perfectly clear , as the Scottish newspapers have often demonstrated under the heading ’ Scotching the Myth ’ — Scottish Television has demonstrated the same in a programme of the same name — that there is no question of Scotland being subsidised in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 11 | They say that once she too was mortal . |
| 12 | Now I say that as myself , but I know it is reflected throughout the whole of the county . |
| 13 | They say that as you get older , you remember your earliest years better . |
| 14 | People say that as you grow older what becomes important to you are the events of your distant past , of your childhood rather than of your middle years . |
| 15 | ‘ They say that because they 're not in the ring . |
| 16 | I say that because I think it 's the logical way free rock climbing will progress . |
| 17 | And er over the years we 've built up a reputation I know is is a genuine one say that because I know that you 're going to appreciate this course and I use the term very very particularly you will enjoy it . |
| 18 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 19 | Some moralists say that if we regard immediacy or physical nearness as relevant , we must be failing in rationality or imagination ; we are irrational if we do not recognize that those starving elsewhere have as big a claim on us as those starving here . |
| 20 | I often say that if we thought as much about the English language and teaching it and all that that means as the French do about their language and the Alliance Francaise , we would back the British Council to the hilt . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not exaggerating when I say that if we do not meet this challenge now , we shall be in serious trouble within less than a year . |
| 22 | ‘ With leukaemia in a child they say that if they are clear for five years , then all is well . |
| 23 | Sheriffs served writs on the Royal and Ancient and the United States Golf Association and the two letter-writers say that if they are resolved of nothing else in life it is that , even if persuaded that their lavish handicaps would be significantly reduced by using Ping Eye2 clubs , they would never buy a set or play with anyone who has . |
| 24 | They always say that if they think you 've been in a fight , although it was still short of chucking-out time . |
| 25 | The companies say that if they are not allowed to produce HCFCs and HFCs for long enough to make a return on their investment , users will face a crisis when CFC manufacturing comes to a halt in the late 1990s . |
| 26 | They say that if they create Regional Government they will do so at the expense of National Government and not Local Government , but that is n't true because Mister has already said that erm strategic services such as passenger transport will b will be handed over to regions and if that goes obviously fire , police and strategic planning will be lost to us . |
| 27 | The residents say that if their community development project disappears , it 'll be a step backwards , leading to an increase in the sort of social problems which once made the estate notorious . |
| 28 | People say that if I get a couple of days off I should go out driving and find some big old manor to stay in . |
| 29 | They say that if it keeps up we shall sail on time . ’ |
| 30 | That there was no canopy may be part of why I say that if it 's raining the balcony is wet , but it is not part of what I say . |