Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I recko , I reckon they must of been paid for that because Maury has n't been phoning up and saying oh you have n't paid it ! |
| 2 | This is serious shit , and it 's no wonder some people are freaking out and saying reading will be it . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm in my 30s now , ’ she adds , ‘ and a lot of my friends are looking round and saying , ‘ Why do n't you have a family , a husband and a baby ? ’ |
| 4 | They 're driving round and say , oh we 'll have that ! |
| 5 | you 're you 're going back and saying |
| 6 | And I 'm questioning you about what you think this says about John Major , and you 're coming back and saying well I do n't know because how can we |
| 7 | And then they used to go around on a Sunday morning from farm to farm to see how the other chaps are getting on and to say how much better their horses looked . |
| 8 | Well there are problems in the sense that we 've got to do it , in terms of management of the County Council , the control of the capital programme , no I do n't think so , because if , if there was no control on it , you would n't now be picking up and saying ‘ hey we 've got to do something about it ’ . |
| 9 | Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us . |
| 10 | Ah , when you were walking about and said I 'm trying this out I thought it was erm I thought our exercise bike had come . |
| 11 | and er then people were coming along and saying the woman in the sandwich shop |
| 12 | The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares . |
| 13 | If there is uncertainty and the operator is looking down when saying the totals , it may be useful to make no move . |
| 14 | Now that is n't easy actually , because you know , the practitioner 's think they know best and they actually quite resent , you know , the young Policy Officer 's coming in and saying let's do it this way , shall we ? |
| 15 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |
| 16 | he wanted to be the decision maker , and he wanted to make the decision on every single thing himself and then he was turning round and saying to his secretary , well ca n't you do anything ? |
| 17 | Er it was it was great , it was er it was coming out and saying , There are lots of good things happening in this area . |
| 18 | During his first week as a raw stevedore , Cliff Barrett the dock foreman , had come aboard the ship he was working on and said something insulting and disrespectful to him . |