Example sentences of "be say [that] [det] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are saying that this applicant does not do that |
| 2 | It could also be said that this quotation applies to school librarians , as part of the educational workforce . |
| 3 | It could be said that this assimilation had become ‘ fixed ’ as part of the phonological structure of English syllables , since exceptions are almost non-existent . |
| 4 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 5 | Well he 's saying that that bloke mistook him for somebody else then ? |
| 6 | Mo was saying that each child progresses at his own rate , and that later lulls regularly offset the apparent advances of their early years . |