Example sentences of "saying [conj] [pron] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , over the last few months , we 've been over our administration , attacked , saying that we do n't care about the rural communities , only the conservative party care about the rural communities , that 's what we 've been told . |
| 2 | say , say , saying that we do n't hang about in the , he 's gone say that . |
| 3 | There are difficulties in answering a question by saying that we do n't know . |
| 4 | It 's very difficult , because you 're , again , I mean , we 're saying that we do n't get positive feedback , how many of us truthfully give positive feedback through to our staff ? |
| 5 | Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ? |
| 6 | The mutineers , all members of an elite scout-ranger regiment , marched to a nearby army camp , defiantly saying that they did not surrender to the government . |
| 7 | The mutineers , all members of an elite scout-ranger regiment , marched to a nearby army camp , defiantly saying that they did not surrender to the government . |
| 8 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 9 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 10 | Some authorities made a point of saying that they did not have a training programme because they depended on courses that presented themselves , e.g. : ‘ We always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised ’ . |
| 11 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ? |
| 12 | The two kinds of reason for saying that they do not matter need to be kept distinct . |
| 13 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |
| 14 | It goes without saying that they do n't deserve it , but considering how much the Beeb fall over themselves to shower praise on them , I thought it was a certainty . |
| 15 | As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) . |
| 16 | Knitters often ask me about knitting double jacquard , saying that they do n't like the floats on single-bed Fair Isle fabrics . |
| 17 | Having grown up a northerner , I make no apologies for saying that I do not regard myself as a southerner who happens to live a few miles up the road . |
| 18 | I put this earlier by saying that I do not believe that the causal nexus of nature or that of history could be broken . |
| 19 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
| 20 | That 's my reason for saying that I do n't think the western relief road gives very much environmental relief to the A sixty one . |
| 21 | I think I might have his conscience by saying that I do n't mind . |
| 22 | ‘ Champagne , hot scented baths , Sibelius , tiny kittens , very , very , very expensive underwear that you hardly know you 're wearing , and skiing at night and going into the big stores on fifth Avenue and trying on all the three-hundred-dollar dresses and shoes and then saying that I do n't like any of them — I do that quite often — and … ’ |
| 23 | I 'm saying that I do n't know what local preference is , in terms of where it should go . |
| 24 | I answered my hon. Friend 's question about how many payments were made to practices — where list size criterion limited payment — saying that I did not know the answer . |
| 25 | and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have . |
| 26 | I mean maybe soon after you maybe I 'll say look well you know blah blah blah you got you know I like saying that I did n't like kind of bloke but not like she 's such a fucking bitch and all this . |
| 27 | ‘ You are saying that you did not see your brother alive again after the meal you had together yesterday evening . |
| 28 | This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’ |
| 29 | And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away . |
| 30 | Which is shorthand for saying that you do n't have to cheat very much . |