Example sentences of "say [pers pn] 're [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 2 | So , for instance , if you have an argument with the police er on a matter , you might very well have to say to the police , I think officer you were take that and say you 're a lying bastard . |
| 3 | ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company . |
| 5 | He says you do n't belong in this country , he says you 're a bloody Chinese , get back to bloody your own country , you do n't tell me what to do in my own bloody country and all this lot . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Duncan says you 're a good gardener . |
| 7 | I thought I had that in my introductory letter , the one that says we 're a small company making recordings , we 're currently collecting recordings of erm sort of English as used in everyday situations and we would like to record on your premises if we may . |
| 8 | and he 's going like this he says they 're no bloody good these . |
| 9 | He says they 're a real pushover . |
| 10 | The company which makes them says they 're an effective way of getting the message across . |
| 11 | Yeah I mean I 'm not , I 'm not saying you 're a bad influence on her now , I think she 's just sort of jumping in at the chance for someone to victimize personally . |
| 12 | Er we said last week that the on the only , the only real way that the peasants were gon na er mobilize was if they , they thought that they could actually win and so surely the violence would have been a means of saying we 're a credible force to be reckoned with |
| 13 | And he said you 're a better man than I am ! |
| 14 | And I said you 're a good boy did n't I ? |
| 15 | Well he 's got a lot of fishing equipment and I said you 're a keen fisherman then , all walk in |
| 16 | She said you 're a fucking bastard ! |
| 17 | I said you 're the general dogsbody ! |
| 18 | I said you 're an ignorant pig , that 's all you are . |
| 19 | Er , for some purposes er other groups are excepted as as part of the Romany , for all the purposes they 're not , but then they said , it depends if it serves their interest to say we 're the true gypsies and they 're not |
| 20 | She said unless it , like with , with that doll she 's bought Carla she said they 're a good thing for collectors for her . |
| 21 | To say they 're a wild flower or classed as a wild flower . |
| 22 | I 'd say you 're a real asset to the old firm , not to mention highly decorative . |
| 23 | decision but it is difficult to know which way to go , when you 're actually up you know , I , I would n't say you 're a hundred percent but I would n't say |
| 24 | We could say we 're a new society who do n't believe in degrees . |
| 25 | They do say they 're a great comfort , " she added vaguely . |