Example sentences of "[adv] saying he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote her a brief note merely saying he had had to go home owing to illness and had found , on his return , that he was to report forthwith to the War Office . |
| 2 | And so saying he went into the tiny village police station with its distinctive blue lamp and the lettering chiselled into the stone above the doorway which said ‘ King 's Magnum Parva Police Station ’ . |
| 3 | So saying he went back inside and banged his door shut behind him . |
| 4 | So saying he set off with Rob and Tess at his heels to head for the high moor . |
| 5 | So saying he backed out into the corridor again , where Shiona caught a glimpse of the frowning faces of a couple of uniformed railway officials . |
| 6 | So saying he caught him up and without Wing |
| 7 | And so saying he threw a stick into the water . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're not saying he came to the salon just for conversation ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not saying he knew Place would be there , but I guess he thought he would be . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not saying he has n't , but you know that can be the sign . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not saying there 's more culture in our family and that Eric plays football as well so that makes us more interesting , I 'm just saying he expresses himself in one way and also in another and we do n't want to be criticised for that . ’ |
| 12 | Yamaha should take solace from the thought that Senna was bitching about the power of the new V12 Honda , later saying he had been misquoted and that there was ‘ nothing fundamentally wrong ’ with the new Honda . |
| 13 | That 's what he said , and he kept on saying he had only four thousand five hundred pounds or something , that 's all the money he had , he was on about that all the time . |
| 14 | They might also have been superfluous because he was now saying he had succeeded on his own . |
| 15 | A few minutes later she came rushing out saying he 'd collapsed . |
| 16 | He was n't saying he thought her desirable , was he ? |
| 17 | Well saying he dropped those too . |
| 18 | Well he , he did n't really say a lot , er they asked him a question and er he , he just turned round and said er we hope , we hope it 's er a peaceful solution , that er virtually saying he hoped it did n't come to war , and Christine turned round and said ‘ yes we want a peaceful solution ’ . |
| 19 | You could imagine him guaranteeing a lot of things , or at least saying he guaranteed things a lot . |