Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , however bad their crimes against us were , they always justified them by saying ours were worse . |
| 2 | After you 'd totally devastated me by saying you did n't find me remotely attractive , I was left racking my brains to think of a way to change your mind . |
| 3 | Robbie was willing to bet Fen 's appearance had charmed her into saying that . |
| 4 | Carrie asked them anxiously , and they only said that they had not seen him without saying how ridiculous the question was . |
| 5 | ‘ Something like that … though I would n't have thanked you for saying so . ’ |
| 6 | Taping Miss I 've got her to saying hello . |
| 7 | Luke 's arms came round her as if she had summoned him by saying his name , and she could n't continue . |
| 8 | The warmth that had come with his laughter faded , and she felt he had tricked her into saying more than she intended . |
| 9 | Jane realised her desperation had led her to saying something foolish . |
| 10 | Then he had spoilt it by saying that his reasons for leaving Australia had been personal , and she had assumed he had been involved in a similar situation to that with Jennifer . |
| 11 | This huge increase caused concern among many deputies , but Pavlov had justified it by saying that it took account of forthcoming wholesale price rises and would actually represent a fall in real terms . |
| 12 | Andrew Richens was 17 when he stabbed William Choi , who he claimed had boasted of having sex with his girlfriend and had taunted him by saying she had probably never had a real man before . |
| 13 | The girl , who can not be named , told police that her stepfather had taunted her by saying he fantasised about her lying dead in a ditch , said prosecutor Robin Spencer , at Chester Crown Court . |
| 14 | encouraged us by saying that the Sports Council appreciated our work ; also the specialised training of our teachers BUT we were receiving 63% of our income from the Sports Council and that was not acceptable . |
| 15 | It is difficult to understand why the judges selected his design for second prize , as the assessors had rejected it by saying that it was ‘ Too expensive and involving too great a sacrifice of property ’ , and were supported by Brunel and Burn . |