Example sentences of "say [pron] be [not/n't] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who says there is not actual entity separate from the world called beauty could still be a chap who believed that the word beautiful had a vivid and important use . |
| 2 | But never believe anyone who says there is not such thing as a free lunch . |
| 3 | British Rail has had to postpone buying new rolling stock for Network South-East because it says there is not enough money available at present . |
| 4 | She says there 's not enough nurses as it is . |
| 5 | The council says there 's not enough waste left to justify a weekly collection , and wants to introduce a fortnightly service . |
| 6 | like it and she turned round and she says they 're not real friends . |
| 7 | He says they 're not real gipsies and that last time they came to the district they caused a lot of damage to crops and stole several turkeys . ’ |
| 8 | Alan Bleasdale declined to contribute to NSS 's ‘ Look Forward in Anger ’ feature last week ( ‘ It 's 1997 and the Conservatives are going for their fifth election victory in a row … ’ ) because he says he is n't any good at foreseeing the future : ‘ I never thought cassette tapes would catch on . ’ |
| 9 | If you 're saying you 're not supporting borrowing , it 's , I think you 've got a duty to say , what services you 're going to cut . |
| 10 | I 've taken as much stick as praise since the line started in June , with people saying it 's not real recycling . |
| 11 | she said I was n't four years old and she was still working in the box office . |
| 12 | ‘ They said I was n't any use to Them . ’ |
| 13 | He said have you seen Kevin out in street I said I 'm not fucking hell would I want to see Kev for ? |
| 14 | Originally I wanted to be a doctor like my father , but it was soon clear I did n't have the intelligence for that — that 's to say I was n't any good at mathematics and physics and that sort of thing . |
| 15 | and I said there 's not enough room to run . |
| 16 | But Geoff said there are n't any bricks that are that much money anyway ! |
| 17 | Emmie was always frightened that he would say they could n't afford it and try to borrow money , but usually he just laughed and said there was n't any need , the girls could manage . |
| 18 | ‘ When I rang up about my appointment they said there was n't any blood available . |
| 19 | I said , ‘ For God 's sake , Desmond , hire her a television , ’ but he said no because we 're not well off , not well off at all , and we 're having to keep her , she has n't offered a penny , not that we 'd accept of course , and anyway Desmond said there was n't any point because if we got her a television she 'd think of something else , want to play cards or something , and that would be worse — and he 's right , it would , because a game of bridge with her is like the cold war all over again . ’ |
| 20 | but she said there were n't many people there actually and I got that but the proceeds |
| 21 | It may well be that the overall shape of income distributions is roughly constant , but that is not to say there is not much movement within it intra-and intergenerationally . |
| 22 | You said it was n't much cop |
| 23 | The officer on duty on the night he died Tony Strong said it was not normal practice to peer on prisoners through the cell doors because this was considered an invasion of privacy . |
| 24 | Yeah I mean I er er er clearly like m m most banks , th th th they found some useful opportunities in September , but I mean I do n't say they 're not huge players they do n't have enormous capital they 're not strict punters in , in , in any of the markets . |
| 25 | Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one 's chest at the dinner table . ’ |