Example sentences of "say [pron] be [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I treat it as a compliment that people say I 'm a marked man now , though I doubt it 's true . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Some say I 'm a dour type of person , and maybe I am at times , but nothing means more to me than winning . |
| 3 | Others say I was a good judge by staying home . |
| 4 | But , as I say she 's a modern outlook is a difference from the Queen , I think Queen Elizabeth |
| 5 | People say she 's a good swimmer but she 's big |
| 6 | ‘ That girl you saw … you say she 's a social worker ? ’ said Iris , brandishing a tablespoon . |
| 7 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 8 | He say she was a fantasic person , with time for everyone . |
| 9 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 10 | So , for instance , if you have an argument with the police er on a matter , you might very well have to say to the police , I think officer you were take that and say you 're a lying bastard . |
| 11 | ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’ |
| 12 | He say you are a useless waste of space . |
| 13 | ‘ They say you are a known homosexual ; we believe it , ’ added a third . |
| 14 | They all say you are the best houngan in Haiti . |
| 15 | Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company . |
| 16 | Others say there is no political will for real land reform , since the leadership 's aim is to keep the previous system intact and in working order , not to break it up . |
| 17 | Training Ffestiniog slate men one of these days they say there is no more Ffestiniog slate and that 's it its gone bankrupt and er But I mean that can be easily arranged sort of thing . |
| 18 | The staff say there is no formal structure for negotiating pay . |
| 19 | They say there is no white man that can be trusted . |
| 20 | Several operations have been cancelled at the John Radcliffe Hospital today … and more may be stopped tomorrow as staff struggle to cope with a sudden influx of emergency patients … officials say there is no single cause for the sudden rise in admissions … |
| 21 | Secondly , they say there is no scientific evidence that whales are near extinction . |
| 22 | Fire chiefs say there is an increased risk to the public . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've had our lab take a look at this , ’ he said in his sing-song way , ‘ but they say there are no distinctive tool marks . |
| 24 | Police say there are no suspicious circumstances . |
| 25 | Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and a coroner has been informed . |
| 26 | Police say there are no suspicious circumstances . |
| 27 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 28 | Its disciples talk of new values , its detractors say there 's no such thing as new when you 're a hardened pro — just good and bad , successful and unsuccessful . |
| 29 | Police say there 's no apparent motive for the attack . |
| 30 | Experts say there 's no scientific evidence the drug helps build muscle . |