Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been say [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 2 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 3 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 4 | And then , immediately , I said to myself , well , you 've been saying to these men [ his captors ] ‘ When you 're in a tight corner , renounce violence ’ . |
| 5 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 6 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 7 | He went on to deny that they had amy political ends other than an end to discrimination : ‘ It has been said against this movement that its purpose is to unite Ireland and to unite the working class … |
| 8 | In his paper , Beveridge repeated what he had been saying for some time , namely , that there was no general breakdown of the labour-market , instead there was an overstocking of individual trades which was due to ‘ inadequate labour information and local hindrances to labour mobility ’ . |
| 9 | It 's been said before that being well-known is a double-edged sword . |
| 10 | Nothing had been said of such matters during the interview : that , too , was the old Oxfordshire . |
| 11 | There is also the problem , common to courses with high-recurrent frequency , that the guide does not remember exactly what has been said to each particular group . |
| 12 | Mr. Speaker : I am sure that the Leader of the House has listened carefully and will have noted what has been said on this important matter . |
| 13 | What has been said in this section concerns consciousness itself , and hence , as remarked above , does not concern all of our mental life . |
| 14 | ( But note that , despite what has been said in this paragraph concerning the administration of funds , the fact that there was less political pay in the fourth century also helped to dilute the democracy . ) |