Example sentences of "[be] say [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the auguries for Branwell Bronte were , at best , uncertain , the same could not have been said of the last leave-taking of one of his father 's predecessors at Haworth , the Rev. William Grimshaw ( 1508–63 ) , of whom John Wesley wrote : |
| 2 | See , I think we 're obliged to now say something about erm these general skills , I think in light of what 's been said in the last couple of weeks |
| 3 | And certainly not in the light of what 's been said in the last couple of weeks that 's |
| 4 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 5 | Much the same can be said of the third issue , of free trade vs protectionism . |
| 6 | The same can be said of the next dog of great influence : Ch. |
| 7 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 8 | Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ? |
| 9 | I think it is because he accepts what is said at the third stage , the eleven and twelve-year-olds , as giving the truth of the matter . |
| 10 | The specific effect of using a colon instead of a semicolon is to suggest that what comes next is a more specific example , or an explanation , of what was said in the first sentence . |
| 11 | The reader who has followed what was said in the second chapter will already have appreciated the nature of the trust , one of the most characteristic institutions of English Law , and its enormous importance as a part of our law of property . |
| 12 | It was said in the last chapter that doubtful law should not be represented as if it were well established . |
| 13 | But as is already clear from what was said in the last chapter , the irreducibility thesis , plausible though it may appear at first sight , remains highly vulnerable to criticism and requires important additional assumptions if it is to be taken at all seriously . |
| 14 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |