Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] saying [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today .
2 I mean it 's it 's their responsibility to er prepare the local plan in the context of what the structure plan strategy as a whole is saying and I think it 's it 's necessary not to just look at this particular policy in total isolation and assume that that is going to give er what you fear to district councils the ability to nothing .
3 What a voter is saying when he gives his first-preference vote to a particular candidate of a particular party is , " I want this candidate , of this party , to be elected " .
4 ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’
5 Herb Nahapiet is saying that we have now , at least in the more forward looking and enlightened niches , reached the people stage .
6 The doctor is saying that he had to continue treatment as a matter of legal obligation .
7 The writer is saying that he understood that the church was not really interested in helping the poor , just in attracting new members to the church for its own glory and ultimate gain .
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