Example sentences of "say [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |
| 2 | In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting . |
| 3 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 4 | Only a quarter say that it led to in-service training and a fifth think that it improved staff relations and improved teaching methods . |
| 5 | Are there erm , insurances in force covering the property , say if it caught fire , etcetera ? |
| 6 | Some say if it rained you could fish in a footprint , |
| 7 | Suppose , for the sake of argument , it happened to be the case that marriage weakened the power of a priest to influence his flock , say because it occupied a large proportion of his time and attention . |
| 8 | Mum says that it took her hours to look up all the verses . |
| 9 | He says that it took officers away from other duties . |
| 10 | Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company . |
| 11 | LSI will also manufacture an application specific integrated circuit for Newton , and Kyushu Matushita Electric says that it licensed the Newton operating system for use in future products . |
| 12 | Commenting on its 1992 figures ( see page five ) , Acer Inc , Taiwan says that it returned to profit because of better results at its US subsidiary , Acer America Corp , which turned in heavy losses last year . |
| 13 | The Isle of Wight TEC says that it notified the Department of Employment in August that it might be unable to meet the YT guarantee within the funds allocated for the purpose . |
| 14 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 15 | Gallup says that it compared sales in chart shops on and off the CBS list and found no difference . |
| 16 | O'Conor himself has played a restored Longman and Broderip piano — one which Field favoured , and says that it produced ‘ a unique tinkling sound — no wonder he exploited those high notes . ’ |
| 17 | DEC says that it changed the name of VMS to OpenVMS to reflect its X/Open Portability Guide 3 branding , Posix-compliance and its ability to run on several environments as well as VAX and Alpha . |
| 18 | Its biggest creditor was OCT Systems itself — the manufacturer says that it lost around £1.6m . |
| 19 | One of the popular books at the very outbreak of war captured the mood , Mrs Miniver ( 1939 ) ; an American best seller and subsequently a most successful film , it is said that it hastened America 's entry into the war . |
| 20 | Thus , whilst in 1953 Armed Forces support was invoked by the Party , in 1957 it might be said that it had been enlisted by a faction , albeit the First Secretary 's own . |
| 21 | We gave a few outlines of schemes of work and bits and pieces of information , but I would n't have said that it caused any great feeling of self-analysis . |
| 22 | If it was simply a matter of the operating system , I 'd have said that it did n't much matter which of the two you chose to go with . |
| 23 | The MP behind the bill says if it had been law then , her life would have been saved . |
| 24 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
| 25 | well Lindsey , mind she smoking when she was twelve and drinking and she did n't like it she says because it made her head go all funny and she did n't know what was going on , what was happening . |
| 26 | ‘ Thank Heavens for William , ’ she has since said as it meant she could now quite properly forsake the pills she was proffered by arguing that she did not want to risk physical or mental deformity in the baby she was carrying . |
| 27 | Later , in exile , she defended the festival saying that it brought to Iran purist , traditional art form all over the world . |
| 28 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |
| 29 | Enterprise 's managing director Ted Tuppen defended the supply deal , saying that it had not been a condition of the sale that Enterprise take its beers from Bass . |
| 30 | But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in . |