Example sentences of "say [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were erm only certain men allowed or er say were trusted with the job of stowing |
| 2 | Mr Say is said to be distraught after a domestic dispute at his home . |
| 3 | Erm C Forty One is one of the er policies which you say is ignored by the suggested amendment . |
| 4 | Sometimes we are not convincing because what we say is belied by our actions — for instance , a woman who wears a permanent fixed smile while trying to reprimand a subordinate , or when returning faulty goods to a shop . |
| 5 | The organisers hope their movement , which they say is supported by many Muslim organisations , will persuade the Government to order an inquiry into the Rushdie affair . |
| 6 | Everything I do or say is turned against me . |
| 7 | Say was remanded to Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen and the case continued was without plea until Thursday . |
| 8 | The last thing he remembered Rufus say was uttered on a murmuring chuckle . |
| 9 | Every single action the Profitboss performs , every single decision he makes and everything he says are geared to an end-result . |
| 10 | The continued presence in Damascus of organisations which Washington says are engaged in terrorism was also expected to be discussed as an obstacle to better bilateral ties . |
| 11 | I agree that all the facts which my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) has said are contained in the 1991 paper are true . |
| 12 | A number of the farms have ornate towers based on Italian belvederes , which local legend says were fitted with semaphore arms to send messages to the tower on Grittleton , even though the Grittleton tower was too short to be seen by any of them . |
| 13 | The new line includes the first air-cooled machines in the C90 series , a two-processor C92A and a four-processor C94A , which it says were developed in response to demand from Japanese commercial users . |
| 14 | The new line includes the first air-cooled machines in the C90 series , a two-processor C92A and a four-processor C94A , which it says were developed in response to demand from Japanese commercial users . |
| 15 | The report condemns recent changes in countryside protection policies , which it says were based on severely flawed statistics . |
| 16 | A tribunal in The Hague is slowly resolving each country 's claims against the other , including Tehran 's demand for the return of $12billion in military equipment and spare parts which the regime says were paid for but never delivered . |
| 17 | Back then , those things which could n't be said were hinted at in the grain of those luscious voices . |
| 18 | Everything that my hon. Friend says is echoed by the business men I meet . |
| 19 | Everything Rossi says is illustrated by the story of Humanae Vitae , which proved to be the central crisis of his pontificate . |
| 20 | ‘ It is sufficient to say that in Maskell v. Horner Lord Reading C.J. , referring to these authorities , and in particular to the advice given by Willes J. in Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton — where that learned judge said that he had ‘ always understood that when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received ’ — said that ‘ such claims made in this form of action are treated as matters of ordinary practice and beyond discussion . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for the performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received . |
| 22 | Whatever he says is bound to be controversial , though that does not matter as long as it is not provocative . |
| 23 | Everything Nicolas or Bridget says is wrapped in inverted commas , which open as the character opens his mouth and close as he closes it . |
| 24 | Successive visits by Motherwell and Airdrie have seen attendances recorded at 3,370 and 3,079 respectively ; clearly insufficient numbers to maintain the running of a full-time outfit at Dens Park , let alone allow the investment manager Simon Stainrod says is required on the playing staff . |
| 25 | All that remains to be said is incised on stone , and the living go around silently with long faces and glances that mean ‘ I ca n't tell you how sorry I am , but I do know how you feel . ’ |
| 26 | If what is said is contradicted by what is seen — that is when the words do not ‘ match ’ the facial expression — then , to the astute observer , it is the words which will be disregarded , and what is seen will a believed . |
| 27 | The " something " which is said is called by Guillaume an " import of meaning " ( 1984 : 120 – 2 ) and corresponds on the linguistic level to the lexeme or non-grammatical part of the word 's meaning . |
| 28 | When giving orders , much of the impact of What is said is derived from the stage management of the Whole procedure . |
| 29 | The Pakistan People 's Party leader wants the removal of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , who she says was elected in a rigged vote . |
| 30 | Erm briefly , the situation is that it 's alleged that he broke two stained glass door panels and Mr denies that he broke the second of the two , the one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier on the evening on which he was involved . |