Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [be] saying that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother ! |
| 2 | like be doing his A levels and that she 's saying that she 's gon na take both of our stereos , lock them in the , lock them in the shed all day , take |
| 3 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |
| 4 | Well you do know th th that you 're saying that they want to make a particular point strongly and er that that might involve erm an elephant in of bad taste in order to make it striking and to make people look at it and think about it . |
| 5 | ‘ So you 're saying that you 're able to detach any personal feelings from any professional ones ? ’ |
| 6 | Except she was saying that you 'd actually offered her the job . ’ |
| 7 | Rather they are emphasising the fact that every programme they show has been seen before , at least once although they are saying that they are ‘ devoted to Britain 's favourite TV programmes ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’ |
| 9 | erm , so that if , if they then go to an appeal er , I was talking to this planning officer and I was saying that I think I 'll consult them , he said I do n't think you 'll need to he said , and of what you 've done so far is pretty good and I can get access to all the letters that have been written in , in objecting into the into the homes |
| 10 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 11 | and I was saying that it 's a big boat that used to go across the world . |
| 12 | Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment . |
| 13 | And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away . |
| 14 | Yeah I know but if they were saying that he was , I do n't think he was . |
| 15 | Now the thing that seems to be the most interesting on the er face value of it , is er how it 's going to affect fuel consumption and transport , and he is saying that they 're considering whether further changes should be made in the taxation of er fuel and vehicles . |
| 16 | And he was saying that it 's erm a speaking dic dictionary , that 's what they 're going to researching for |
| 17 | One of the girls , today , she wasn' say she was n't sure , but she was saying that she heard that perhaps the exam structure you have to incorporate all three phases of the |
| 18 | Because she 's saying that she ca n't make herself sick . |
| 19 | With the others I felt … on the same side as them because they were saying that they had been tortured themselves in a way , had been turned into animals , tools . |
| 20 | you you talk er you know , when you were saying that you 'd erm you 'd sold an endless succession of of things , wh wh when you bought things , er you know when when you were married , it was there always that element in it that it was here for a just |
| 21 | that 's another story with a an unusual ending cos I 'd have thought when you were saying that he was n't that he did n't give them the |
| 22 | But you 're given this very general instruction to begin with that yes we are returning to land reform and that the peasants are , are seizing land and this is what you should be supporting , and then when you come on to they , as you 're saying that they really are quite moderate . |
| 23 | And I 'm sure that that 's part of why sounds pretty good when he 's saying that it 's not the body that makes us who we are , it 's not the body that matters . |
| 24 | Somebody once said that if angelism , sharing the gospel was one beggar telling another beggar about bread , where it could be found and undoubtedly when he was saying that he was thinking of that story that account that we had read to us earlier from the second book of kings , chapter seven , and I 'd like us to er turn back to us for a few moments this morning and perhaps draw some lessons for ourselves Sometimes as Christians its very easier for us to say what sins are , and we can see other people 's failings , you do n't have to be a Christian to do that of course , plenty of other people can do that , they see the failings of other people , they see the wrong doing they do , they see their wickedness their , their waywardness , whatever words we want to use to describe it , and we say well that is sin , perhaps for most of us this morning we could make er a list a , a , a tabulate a table of sins and we might say well they are worse sins and there are lesser sins and I would I suppose by and large there would be a fairly reasonable consensus of opinion regarding what was sins and what were not sins . |