Example sentences of "[be] say [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | How , erm , er , and , and I think as you 're saying what word we put round that , almost does n't matter as long as it 's understood to mean that , erm , that , that range of , of concepts and requirements . |
2 | So I 'd like to reflect that against what the government has done since our unique November conference they have cut the Health and Safety Executive 's budget for nineteen ninety three ninety four by five percent , that 's a total of thirteen million pounds the Department of Employment have already admitted this will lead to less inspections and less prosecutions they have introduced a market tex market testing exercise into the H S E in other words they 're saying what parts of the Health and Safety Executive can be privatized into , no doubt , their friends in industry they have made sure that Health that the Health and Safety Commission will work slower in the future by making the chair which is currently a full-time post a part-time post from September this year . |
3 | TOMMY SMITH : ‘ So you 're saying his decision to have this operation and to actually sell it to the Sun came all within five seconds ? ’ |
4 | Well now , you 're saying your consultants are enthusiastic about what they 've seen so far , we 're hearing a lot of doctors , G Ps , being very critical , why that ambivalence ? |
5 | You 're saying your sister 's a lesbian ? |
6 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
7 | I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now . |
8 | Until the time for felling , it therefore could not be said which trees were within the contract . |
9 | I do n't , I do n't I mean I do n't quite agree with what you 're saying cos you seem to be saying whatever party 's in power in local government it 's gon na be exactly the same |
10 | Well I 'm saying what Kath 's |
11 | I just said it , I 'm saying it end of dual carriageway |
12 | As the two women were saying their goodbyes he came to the end of his task , switched off the motor-mower and headed with it towards the narrow gate at the side of the house . |
13 | That you were saying your lecturer explained about one- one session in the first half an hour ? |
14 | I nearly said when you wanted er , when he were on about when I were saying your lass is big enough cos she is well built int she ? |
15 | His elders were becoming more than a little worried because people were saying his teaching was heretical . |
16 | She asked it you were saying it Lynne and Melanie as though it was a statement of a fact . |
17 | My I wanted to do , is said my name is Jonathan do do , doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo do da da da da da da da money dee da my name is Jonathan ee ee ee dee doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo din din din din din din my name is Jonathan din din din and it 's mine and it 's mine oh oh oh mum mum bom bom bom bom bom , bomby om bomby om doo de doo doo doo doo dee dee dee dee doo doo doo dee doo doo dee dee dee I said my name is Jonathan come on mum I kept the cassette going . |
18 | Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA 's $182.6m proposed convertible bond issue won ratings of triple-B-minus rating from Standard & Poor 's Corp , and Baa-3 from Moody 's Investors Service Inc ; Standard & Poor 's said its rating reflects the company 's dominant position in local telephone services , growth prospects , and favourable regulatory framework ; Moody 's that it believes the company will continue to be the largest telecommunications company in Chile and will benefit from a supportive regulator . |
19 | She 's saying my coffee 's gone cold . |
20 | ‘ Everybody 's saying our game against Spain next month is the big one but we 've got to win this one first and get the job done . ’ |
21 | This was met with a reply of condonation , that 's to say his behaviour in Reno had demonstrated that he had forgiven his wife whatever actions on her part had forced him to seek a divorce in the first place . |
22 | In literature either a device is presented exclusively for its defamiliarizing effect , or else it may be motivated — that is to say its presence as a device is disguised by a veneer of realism . |
23 | Who is to say what part of the loving relationship was generated by the bank account ? |
24 | Who is to say what manner of intimacy is right and what is wrong ? |
25 | THERE is interest in society circles that William Waldegrave , the Cabinet minister responsible for pushing through the Citizens Charter , wears a signet ring on his right ( that is to say his wrong ) hand . |
26 | As we saw just now in that passage in Isaiah 63 , the Spirit is the personal expression of God himself , and can be grieved : he is holy , not only the divine power but the moral character of God : he is God in action for the benefit of his people — notice how the Spirit is equated with the ‘ arm ’ of Yahweh , that is to say his saving activity . |
27 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
28 | One morning , on his way down to breakfast , Dada saw her kneeling on the left-hand flight of the double staircase ; thinking she was saying her prayers , she was bent so low , Dada stepped past her politely . |
29 | But Lyndsey was saying her answer machine Oh ! |
30 | He did n't follow me into church straight away , and he knelt down , as if he was saying his prayers . ’ |