Example sentences of "we be say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extinguished torch held upturned in the hand of Venus 's son , that troublesome archer Cupid , represents unrequited love — hence we are said to ‘ carry a torch ’ for someone . |
| 2 | I certainly think that nine months down the road we are saying to ourselves , ‘ Well what are we about ? ’ |
| 3 | We are saying to those councillors , ’ Wo n't pay , ca n't say ’ ; in other words , ’ If you are not prepared to obey the law and pay your rightful contribution to the cost of the local services which , as locally elected representatives , you have a say in providing , it is unjustifiable for you to have any influence , through your votes , on the amount of local tax that is levied in your area . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What we are saying to those responsible is , ‘ stop ’ . |
| 5 | This is one of the reasons why we are saying to the government that they should consider what our competitor countries do , which is some form of temporary credit management ; some form of temporary credit controls to squeeze off this surge in demand before it really gets going and pushes inflation up again . |
| 6 | at the present time we 're saying to on the monthly report we 're saying to the client , we 've spent three thousand out of five thousand , and their anticipated final cost is going to be five thousand . |
| 7 | at the present time we 're saying to on the monthly report we 're saying to the client , we 've spent three thousand out of five thousand , and their anticipated final cost is going to be five thousand . |
| 8 | We 're saying to him , we will supply this service on a , by a particular date . |
| 9 | what we 're saying to the liberals , you know , well sort of have a look at this , look at what we 're sort of proposed |
| 10 | We 've flagged up those problems to command and I 'm seeing Mr on Tue Tuesday afternoon I think it is , and Jed 's put a report into command and I 'll put on it as well , and we 're saying to them what is the answer ? |
| 11 | Fine er what we 're , what we 're saying to you basically is , right , and , and another thing you 're doing is proving that you 're capable of doing it , now if I was training you from cold , right , and you had n't done it |
| 12 | It 's a plea which we suggest should make the timetable serve the child and not the reverse , and so what we 're doing is we 're saying to children erm ‘ Yes , you are of the same worth , you are of equal value , you should have the same care , love attention and the same resources ’ . |
| 13 | Because really all we 're saying to you is , ‘ Switch into whatever is the appropriate mode for what is expected of you . ’ |
| 14 | You ca n't stop the editor from inverting it , obviously , but , but what we 're saying to you is , as far as your organization is concerned , you want to try and present the , you know the good news first . |