Example sentences of "say that [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various Japanese practices do seem sexist and racist to use but , as a white woman working for a Japanese company , I 'd say that they are trying to change , and it 's a shame more of us do n't try to learn Japanese and understand the culture . |
| 2 | Are the banks simply though , trying to shift responsibility so you think , erm I I I think that the the sceptic in me would would say that they are trying to abnegate a certain amount of of responsibility . |
| 3 | I would say however , that it 's not been tested whilst , and whilst there is n't a a clear expression of local preference in terms of the population , I think my elected members who represent that particular area would say that they are expressing local views when they have spoken against the new settlement . |
| 4 | How dare the Government say that they are going to improve patient care when they are wasting money so disgracefully in other parts of the health service ? |
| 5 | In many cases the answers to that question would be difficult to unravel , and if challenged most people probably would say that they were doing both . |
| 6 | Proposals to replace our dry sow accommodation could not have come at worse time , with pig prices falling through the floor , and I suppose some would say that we are reacting plenty soon enough . |
| 7 | Since the hon. Gentleman mentioned YT in particular , I may say that we are investing £842 million in YT in 1991-92 and the figure for the year starting in April is £851 million . |
| 8 | Let us just say that we are dealing with pure conceptual models of types of social action . |
| 9 | Although I can not give the House any good news on that score tonight , I can say that we are considering the matter . |
| 10 | With regard to the incident at Grangemouth , to which two or three hon. Members have referred , I should say that we are receiving information almost by the minute . |
| 11 | Let's just say that we are forming a T test on an estimated coefficient and we want to know whether T ratio will be generated on the computer is significantly different from zero . |
| 12 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 13 | In response to the noises we make about services disappearing , cuts in services and increased fares , the Minister might say that we are speculating . |
| 14 | But I must say that we 're using these client reports and managers within each section |
| 15 | So people may say that we 're flirting . |
| 16 | Theresa I 'm going to have to stop you and I 'm going to have stop you as well Sue and can I say that we 're going to need to wait and see what the Prime Minister has to say . |
| 17 | Paul Mayewski of the University of New Hampshire , who has compared current levels of sulphur dioxide with those after volcanic eruptions , said : " I would say that we 're underestimating the effect of warming due to carbon dioxide because we 're dumping so much sulphur dioxide into the system " . |
| 18 | We might say that we were going out ‘ into the light ’ , but here again the light would be the general environment within which we did everything else . |
| 19 | After the answers that I have given , I do not know how anyone can say that nothing is happening on the matter . |
| 20 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 21 | Er so er let's say that the ten percent rate applies , er mind you ten percent is a long way from where we are now , but it makes the figures easy to look at , so er let's say that he 's getting ten percent gross on his return on a building society , he 'd actually get seven and a half percent net , er so on his ten thousand he 's going to earn seven fifty . |
| 22 | If I did n't want it he would say that he was keeping me and the least I could do was give him sex . |
| 23 | we 've been slightly more amenable but invite to your club temerity to ask your Lordship rather me , but as I 'm on my feet , er ask your Lordship whether you could sit at all early on Friday as to help Mr er , I , I was little concerned to hear Mr say that he was going to wait for Mr he had responded because that would of course then extend more into Friday , it may be more sensible if Mr could have |
| 24 | If challenged he would say that he was testing the echo — a favourite pastime for Lake Tourists whether inside the fells or on the Lakes themselves . |
| 25 | Yeah but did n't he say that he was gon na try and Tory party . |
| 26 | You could say that he was doing all of this so that he 'd end up behaving like one of us . |
| 27 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 28 | The DNA content must be a small proportion of the total , so why did I say that it was raining DNA rather than cellulose ? |
| 29 | In parenthesis I should say that I am passing quickly over the significance of these four levels of understanding . |
| 30 | If you 're asked , will you say that I was sneezing out here ? " |