Example sentences of "[to-vb] what [be] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The act of giving birth strips away much of the personal life ; labouring women may cease to notice who is in the room , or to hear what is said . |
| 2 | They paused halfway up and , straining her ears , she heard them conferring in low tones but was quite unable to hear what was said . |
| 3 | We would n't have found it difficult to reconstruct the exchange even if we had been too far away to hear what was said . |
| 4 | Gabriel hurried up to try to hear what was said , but the door closed in her face . |
| 5 | Finally , to use what is said in Parliament for the purpose of construing legislation would be a breach of article 9 of the Bill of Rights as being an impeachment or questioning of the freedom of speech in debates in proceedings in Parliament . |
| 6 | A fanciful idea by some toy manufacturer which only goes to underline what was said previously about imagination and licence ! |
| 7 | In business , copies of every letter mailed are kept in a file to record what was said and what was agreed . |
| 8 | This last co-ordinate specifically enables the hearer to interpret what is said in the light of what has already been said . |
| 9 | Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said . |
| 10 | Presupposition can be any knowledge that enables us " to understand what is said properly and fully " ( p. 84 ) . |
| 11 | and I think , you know , I mean , it 's not how we feel , we 're trying to understand what is saying to us |
| 12 | He told me to forget what was said . |
| 13 | It is purposeless to try to summarise what was said . |
| 14 | To summarise what was said above , we want to know the answers to two questions about English speech : |
| 15 | Burnard goes on to mention some of the skills involved : the ability to listen ( to the words but also noting volume , pitch , eye movements and related body language ) ; ability to offer free attention ( to note and accept , not analyse and interpret ) ; to suspend judgement ( to refrain from categorising as good/bad , right/wrong ) ; and to control what is said in reply and how it is said , with a facial expression which is genuine , not mechanical . |
| 16 | When consonant clues are fewer , it takes longer to translate what is said into sense , but this does not mean that one 's brain is slower ! |
| 17 | ‘ I know it is hard but it 's better to try to ignore what is said against you . |
| 18 | To adapt what was said by Lloyd L.J . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the 37th general congregation Archbishop Felici announced an alteration in the rules governing secrecy : from now on it was permissible to reveal what was said in debates in the Council , though discussion in commissions was still to be kept from journalists . |
| 20 | She could hear voices , but not loud enough to distinguish what was said . |