Example sentences of "[vb past] say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1820 Alter all the labour of " obtaining pint and choppin standard measure out of Stirling castle , which have been proven & marked by the Dean of Guild of Stirling as correct , some of members of this meeting ventured to say that these jugs are composed of tin , and easily dimpled , whereas they are composed of the strongest sheet copper tinned within to prevent corrosion . |
| 2 | But some people did say that high interest rates were a reason for not using credit cards , personal loans from finance companies , HP or second mortgages for home improvements . |
| 3 | And I 've had some conflicting information recently because , not very long ago they did say that any part time hourly paid lecturing in a college would have no effect on pension . |
| 4 | He did say that 30 bids were being reviewed , all from foreign firms or Western-backed joint ventures . |
| 5 | The diocese 's surveyors had said that 100-mph winds could topple it . |
| 6 | And only the previous week the head of the Irish College in Rome — a widely respected Monsignor had said that illegal resistance was the natural protection against immoral laws and that ‘ the Catholics of Ireland rightly disowned what force made them endure ’ . |
| 7 | Mr Baker had said that industrial sponsors would pay ‘ all or a substantial part ’ of the capital costs . |
| 8 | Lydia had said that one night 's fast would be preferable to the plight in which they did indeed now find themselves , but Betty regarded the idea of missing a meal as unnatural and Lydia was overruled . |
| 9 | He had said that French law moved slowly ; she was about to make this into a record case . |
| 10 | It has to be emphasised that the committee worked always in the shadow of the law : Section 132 of the Public Health Act 1875 had said that any expenses incurred by a local authority in maintaining in a hospital a patient who is not a pauper , should be deemed to be a debt due from such patient to the local authority , and could be recovered from him at any time within six months after his discharge from the hospital . |
| 11 | Although the Foreign Ministry on April 14 had said that full membership of the EC continued to be one of Turkey 's " main foreign policy goals " , the European press noted that the Turkish government now accepted that " purely demographic considerations " precluded Turkey from early passage to full membership . |
| 12 | One complainant wrote to say that this milestone in the study of human sexuality was nothing more than a complete waste of time and simply confirmed the writer 's conviction that ‘ the male population is a herd of prancing , leering goats ’ . |
| 13 | He had to say that any effect produced by a talisman around the neck was to be ascribed to the devil , whereas effects due to Christian amulets came from God 's goodness . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Connie , ’ said Brian , as one who expected as much : he wanted to say that these characters of whom his stepdaughter spoke contributed nothing valuable to society , but was unprepared to defend the ethics and value of advertising in a market economy to a girl who was incapable of grasping the subtleties of an argument . |