Example sentences of "[adv] saying [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 Helen asked no questions about Chris , only saying that it had been a lovely evening and Moira was still talking about the tinned peaches and jelly .
2 Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that .
3 I am not saying that there has not been considerable support for it , and he can report that to the House .
4 But they 're not saying if they have Bosnia in mind .
5 I am just saying that we have no other alternative .
6 He comes back two weeks later saying that he has been given the sack .
7 and explain the situation and the court said oh well we 'll take it to the magistrate 's then , then he had a letter two weeks later saying that it 's been thrown out again , they have n't got a case cos she were in the wrong , she 's never , ever have gone
8 and I keep on saying that I 've said it like about so many things when we 're at home and she goes , what is this you always saying well with everything .
9 So what they 're now saying that you 've got
10 We 're simply saying that it 's not been demonstrated that regeneration of West Yorkshire 's been taken into account .
11 then saying that he 's lost his sit down job doing nothing wrong
12 That is , people tend to forget either in a motivated way , or accidentally , people will tend to minimise or trivialise the abuse to which they 've been subject in some cases because maybe saying that you 've been sexually abused as a child and that is why you 're so screwed up at the moment um that 's not necessarily a very self-benefiting thing to say .
13 Well , it 's not a positive action that is noted , as we 're actually saying that we 've we 've read it , basically .
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