Example sentences of "[pers pn] say that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham , valet-butler to Sir James Chambers , and Mr John Donalds , valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson . |
| 2 | ‘ But I said that all matters relating to players were Trevor Francis 's domain . |
| 3 | I said that asymmetric arms races were more likely to lead to interesting progressive improvements than symmetric ones , and we can now see why this is , using human weapons to illustrate the point . |
| 4 | DURING my introduction I said that some Regions are better placed than others to increase their growth rate . |
| 5 | I said that three quarters of the total number of international passengers are expected to interchange at King 's Cross with London Underground and other BR services . |
| 6 | COUNSEL : Now if you will refer to page 61 of your excellent report , you will see that you say that considerable forces were deployed . |
| 7 | ‘ And you say that some others protected you ? ’ |
| 8 | You say that these books stand in their own right , and are important perhaps in the historical context of the development of the novel , but do they constitute what I 'd call a good read ? |
| 9 | She says that flat paintings hung on walls are outmoded . |
| 10 | She says that three shops have closed down since Christmas . |
| 11 | Excuse me are you saying that Young Guns is not suitable for people under eighteen ? |
| 12 | She said that all MPs must take advice on personal security very seriously for the sake of themselves and their families ; Gow 's name had been found on an IRA death list discovered in a south London flat in December 1988 . |
| 13 | She said that two Daughters of Charity are going to Romania to set up a training programme for nursing staff and care assistants . |
| 14 | She said that existing vicars would keep their right to stay in their parish until they were 65 but as soon as a parish became vacant the priest-in-charge system would be introduced . |
| 15 | She said that three quarters of the world 's population live in conditions where high or extreme human suffering is the rule , rather than the exception . |
| 16 | She said that several times , walking round the room . |
| 17 | She said that several times , walking round the room . ’ |
| 18 | She said that large cuts were made in regional selective assistance in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | So Madam I 'm asking you to say that these circumstances , this is the sort of case that should never have come before the court , it should 've been sorted out between the parties themselves , with the aid of their solicitors , and that it 's only the overreaction of the police in this particular circumstance that brings him before the court here . |
| 20 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
| 21 | Similarly , when we say that all biologists nowadays believe in Darwin 's theory , we do not mean that every biologist has , graven in his brain , an identical copy of the exact words of Charles Darwin himself . |
| 22 | Notice also that we can express any class of asset as a proportion of total assets or liabilities and remember too that in section 1.1.5 we said that these ratios are arrived at as a matter of deliberate choice and are assumed to represent portfolio equilibrium . |
| 23 | We said that non-standard forms are rarely more than a social irritant to some people , and that there are few situations where such forms could cause real communication problems . |
| 24 | They say that financial institutions ' troubled assets , such as loans for property and highly-geared companies , will take years to sort out . |
| 25 | They say that such towers stand in Alice Springs , in Cove , Oregon , in Timbuktu and Petra and downtown Samarkand . |
| 26 | They say that gentile women who marry Jewish men become more Jewish than Jews . |
| 27 | They say that first impressions count and the first thing you notice about the new Dan 486DX/50 is that it 's heavy . |
| 28 | They say that 30 years ago everyone recognised it instantly as belonging to the late of Orwell Lodge ( 's step great-grandmother ) . |
| 29 | The centre has been run for the past ten years by Richard Gill and his brother Jeff — they say that three quarters of their guests come as individuals though they are happy to take groups . |
| 30 | they say that some guys got skin heads , |