Example sentences of "[pers pn] be say that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I read you rightly , ’ said Radulfus , having searched Cadfael 's face , and found it in very grave earnest , ‘ you are saying that the young man was attacked in mistake for a Benedictine brother . ’ |
| 2 | Ever the optimist , Davies she was saying that the extra 's day 's practice would give her ‘ a headstart over the rest of them ’ . |
| 3 | In saying that the crisis of legitimacy is central , we are saying that the penal crisis is in essence a moral crisis . |
| 4 | By concentrating on the international dimension of the UK 's crossroads we are saying that the structural changes are conditioned by the UK 's international position — — however we conceive it — and are at least partly determined by structural changes in the international economy . |
| 5 | In similar vein , dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function ? |
| 6 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 7 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 8 | Stan Wilson became a sergeant in the Army Educational Corps ‘ it 's said that the only battle they ever won was the 1945 General Election for Labour ’ before spending 34 years at what he terms the chalk face . |
| 9 | Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK . |
| 10 | However , in another report ( EP , 26 January 1987 ) it is said that the average proportion of all contributions to the Federal Fund used for direct investment has not exceeded 2.5 per cent . |
| 11 | These men will not readily wear garment of crotal when going to sea , as it is said that the crotal plant was plucked from the rocks and will therefore return to the rocks . |
| 12 | It is said that the masked lady died there in childbirth . |
| 13 | But it is said that the Kal yuga gives way to the Sat yuga when the manifested power of the Life Force has reached its lowest ebb . |
| 14 | Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions . |
| 15 | It is said that the final preparations owed their antibacterial activity to the phenol which they contained as a preservative . |
| 16 | It is said that the reclining river-god is a Hellenistic invention . |
| 17 | By handling an object , it is said that the sensitive person can not only identify its owner , but describe his character and even his whereabouts . |
| 18 | It is said that the original Shorthorn ( as a British type rather than as a general term for short horned cattle ) was being bred by the Dukes of Northumberland in the sixteenth century and was probably descended from a mixture of red Anglo-Saxon cattle with red and white Dutch ‘ Hollanders ’ and ‘ Zeelands ’ that are typified in the Paul Potter painting , The Young Bull . |
| 19 | This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease . |
| 20 | A century ago it was said that the Danish Red ( then one of only two Danish breeds considered worthy of note , the other being the Jutland ) needed abundant fodder but with good care it could be an efficient producer : the milking cow put it all into the bag but would fatten readily when dry or barren . |
| 21 | The operation of trolleys and pantographs together was not without its problems , and it was said that the great used on the collector plates could be found on the overhead line as far as Lytham ! |
| 22 | In another it was said that the legitimate expectation of a prisoner that he would be allowed maximum parole if no disciplinary award of forfeiture of remission of sentence had been made against him , gave him sufficient interest to challenge the award . |
| 23 | It was said that the working people of London had no need to bolt their doors at any time . |
| 24 | It was said that the main fear of many army officers who were posted to India was that they would be eaten by a tiger . |
| 25 | It was said that the British cavalry , in their mad haste to get away , rode over their own infantry in the narrow streets of the town . |
| 26 | Yet he was to say that the entire enterprise of The Cantos was undertaken so as to uncover the reasons why war happens , so as to preclude its happening again . |
| 27 | He was saying that the very fact of being alive inevitably leads us to experience doubts , fears , anxiety . |