Example sentences of "say that he [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | The liquidator , Chris Ashurst of Brighton-based Neville Russell , says that he is still looking for a missing £1m of stock and is keen to hear from anyone who bought OCT machines from anywhere other than the London direct-sales team , or the liquidators ' auction held in Bristol . |
2 | But Mr Soden says that he was only trying to look after his family . |
3 | He says that he was only pretending to go |
4 | I am afraid that he is getting very near to the Nuremburg defence of saying that he was only obeying orders . |
5 | On July 8 he was quoted in Berne as saying that he was still awaiting a response from opposition groups . |
6 | The court said that he was plainly soliciting their custom at a time when he was under a duty of fidelity to his employer and awarded his former employers damages . |
7 | Frank was successful in getting the job and was given a company car , an old Morris Minor , omitting to say that he was still learning to drive and wife Betty would always have to accompany him . |
8 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
9 | He has the less scruple in issuing such orders because he can say that he is really doing what is in the man 's own highest interest . |
10 | He , he 's trying to make , he , he 's making him , you aggressive is n't he and I would say that he 's just thinking it 's low if I 'm going and this guy because , you know |
11 | Erm but he did say that he 's actually writing a leaflet which they can run to seven or eight pages . |