Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] say that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not saying that disturbances always have a single cause . |
| 2 | I am not saying that women religious have totally solved the problem . |
| 3 | I am not saying that churches should not state their views about social evils , but it is quite another thing to imagine that clear statements are denting the Evil One 's power . |
| 4 | I am not saying that Christians subscribe openly to such a view of doubt . |
| 5 | I 'm just saying that things might be less confused , and less dangerous , if he could soberly entertain the idea of being homosexual . |
| 6 | I 'm not saying that women and girls are bad . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not saying that women ca n't raise sons on their own , I 'm saying that it 's difficult for a woman to teach , and very near impossible , in my mind , for a woman to teach a young boy how to be a man . |
| 8 | Do n't get me wrong , I 'm not saying that companies should n't sponsor ballet or opera , but I think they have to not lose sight of sponsorship potential with the disadvantages as well as the anonymous giving branch , because small amounts of money to some organizations may do disproportionately more than the Scottish Opera |
| 9 | I 'm not saying that negotiations should be completed by a certain date , but that the matter should come back to court by a certain date so that there is therefore er er is a time , an incentive for the |
| 10 | I 'm merely saying that Gramps could not have been the father of her child ! ’ |
| 11 | We are not saying that taxpayers should not be able to claw back some of the costs at a later stage , but the carer 's position should be protected . |
| 12 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 13 | It is also said that girls are more verbally adept and can express complex concepts more readily than boys . |
| 14 | It is often said that opposites attract , but this does n't usually work with horses ; most people are happier with an animal whose temperament is similar to their own . |
| 15 | It is often said that women have greater access to housing in the public sector than men , or that housing officials tend to be more sympathetic to women . |
| 16 | It is often said that penalties automatically follow when blood appears following a facial attack , but this is an over-simplification . |
| 17 | It is often said that children have their lives before them and to die before they have had a chance to develop their personalities and lives seems particularly cruel . |
| 18 | It is often said that children pick up and learn things much quicker than adults . |
| 19 | It is sometimes said that rules in the last two categories ‘ lack the force of law ’ , that is , they are not enforceable in a court . |
| 20 | It is sometimes said that butlers only truly exist in England . |
| 21 | It is sometimes said that judges are entitled to make extrajudicial statements critical of the existing law and advocating reform . |
| 22 | Even when this was not the overt purpose , research results have been used to justify particular aspects of women 's subordination : thus even today it is sometimes said that girls do n't become engineers because they lack spatial ability , or that their relative lack of aggression makes them less effective leaders . |
| 23 | It was always said that water-sellers at Indian stations had to be of a high caste . |
| 24 | If there are other servants , he will expose their laziness — in fact , it was once said that brownies were originally created to help relieve men of the burden caused by Adam . |