Example sentences of "say that [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to escape this issue by saying that the discourses of the two groups have little in common ; but discourse analysis should teach us that it is as likely to be our attitude to what they say that categorizes them . |
| 2 | Then it does n't matter so much what you say that stops it walking in front of the bus , it 's actually how you say it . |
| 3 | Everyone in the industry agrees that quality will be the key to success and of course they all say that means them . |
| 4 | ‘ What can happen in one 's middle-fifties one can be bugged by something they say that makes you react as if you are six . |
| 5 | It 's not what people say that gives 'em away , it 's what they do . ’ |
| 6 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |
| 7 | ‘ 'E dai n't say that did 'e ? ’ |
| 8 | A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets . |
| 9 | Q What is it your child does and says that makes you refer to his/her actions/words as a temper tantrum ? |
| 10 | Avery observed how completely Minton 's face dropped if anything was said that pained him , but that he would as quickly recover . |
| 11 | Had n't he said that to express it would be just empty words ? |
| 12 | He 'd only said that to get him out of Mrs Wright 's house . |
| 13 | Some folks have actually said that have they ? |
| 14 | I have n't said that have I yet ? |
| 15 | But , saying that means you got a lot |
| 16 | That remi you 've C Cynthia saying that reminds me of the other thing that came out in feedback . |
| 17 | I only said that to annoy her as Fenella was leaning over the staircase banister to fix some tinsel with double-sided tape and one more inch and she need n't have bothered wearing a skirt at all . |
| 18 | You 'd have er there 's somebody on yesterday who said that thinks it should er it should be against the law to cut a tree down . |
| 19 | Wilshere said that had he been a juror in this case , he would have voted for sending Field to trial ; his conduct had been cruel and brutal in the extreme and ‘ the violence to this poor creature in her diseased and irritable state ’ increased the symptoms and hastened her death . |
| 20 | she said that wished she 'd er , he 'd been able to come , I think , I do n't , I think she worries about him too much , too much |
| 21 | She said that putting him on bute straight away would reduce the inflammation and alternate hot and cold compresses would also help . |
| 22 | well that 's five hundred quid , I said that leaves you with |
| 23 | I am happy to repeat in this House an apology to the Chief Education Officer of Birmingham Mr Tim Brighouse for anything I said that offended him . |
| 24 | I see you did n't say that did ya ? , you never said that did ya ? eh , eh , eh , no |
| 25 | My local bank manager said that means she 'd been renting a deposit box . |
| 26 | He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae . |
| 27 | He went on to say that meeting her would be like meeting an apparition from their past … ‘ you will rediscover yourself in her ’ . |
| 28 | It is certainly true that the individual is more sensitive to particular types of influence at some developmental stages than at others , but to say that tells us little , either about the extent to which the period can be shifted or about the reasons for the increased sensitivity . |
| 29 | I do n't think we need to say that do you ? |
| 30 | Er and in fact er I would say that had you become recognized as part of management , our members would n't have tolerated you as a shop steward . |