Example sentences of "say [pron] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 it 's easy , you just say I 'm the Government , give me your money ,
2 The Bulgarians sombrely suggest that she is a dead mother looking for her own baby , while the Spanish say she is the GHOST of an aunt or grandmother , looking to make a gift to her descendants .
3 What , say you 're the care-giver and I 'm the
4 ‘ Sir Fulke , you say you are the executor of Sir Ralph 's will ? ’
5 It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned .
6 They have fiery red eyes and some say they are the Devil 's own pets , roaming the countryside with him each evening in search of the newly dead .
7 As they shift from one adult to another , teachers say it is the video which keeps them under control — a new binge of blood and guts each time they are shuttled past the rental shop .
8 The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall .
9 Some say it is the form assumed by the GHOST of a girl disappointed in love , who fruitlessly searches for her sweetheart , a fisherman who was drowned .
10 ‘ They say it is the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles , ’ I replied .
11 instead of the monarchy going out and they 're supported by the tax payer if the monarchy go and , say it 's the queen goes
12 ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill .
13 So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it .
14 The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand .
15 Christians are supposed to forgive , but what if say it 's the mother of somebody who had a child that 's been murdered or if somebody has been raped you can not say that they should forgive you cos they were a Christian .
16 He is always having problems with his ears , they say it 's the grass seeds that irritate them . ’
17 Yes , but when you , when you say it 's the end of time it 's , you get some people saying yes it 's always the end , for some country it 's always er collapses or what me have you , it 's always then for some government or country
18 Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday .
19 When I say it 's the sort of answer you want I mean it 's the sort that might help you !
20 As you say it 's the sort of thing that might appeal to people because then they can go and look at their poster .
21 Police say it 's the sort of public spirit required to help to stop the joyriding menace which is still very much in evidence this summer .
22 Police say it 's the sort of public spirit required to help to stop the joyriding menace which is still very much in evidence this summer .
23 Others say it was the shortage of pubs , shops , churches , transport and police stations .
24 Say it was the beginning of a feeling that you would like me .
25 Some say it was the importing of whole streets of fighting families from the fishquays , with their dockland diversions of prostitution , drug-dealing and handling .
26 The bone itself is probably the ilium , one of the bones in the toad or frog 's pelvic girdle : some say it was the breast bone .
27 He would confess all , go on his knees , say he was the Prince 's slave , buy him expensive presents …
28 I mean , I can remember him on this , er on this bike and then he rose to be a manager and er as he was , I say he was the manager fo er magistrate up until he retired last year .
29 So if someone said erm bromate or bromide say what 's the difference between calcium bromide and calcium bromate , what the difference be ?
30 Until eventually they get up at lunchtime , and they say what 's the point of having a shave , I 'm not going anywhere , so they stop shaving .
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