Example sentences of "as they say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 2 | Whether he would have done the right thing by her — as they said in those days — is fruitless speculation : he was never told of the need . |
| 3 | You have time to digest the unexpected worm , as they say about early birds ! |
| 4 | ‘ I do what I have to do , as they say in Western films , ’ he declaimed , ogling my ear . |
| 5 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 6 | They lose their nous ( and , as they say in some quarters , their ‘ bottle ’ ) . |
| 7 | One month later Baggio was , as they say in these parts , ‘ re-dimensioned ’ . |
| 8 | We have heard many times why that has not been possible and it 's no good crying over spilt milk , as they say in these parts . |
| 9 | The icing on the scrummy cake is the brilliant pre-match options menu , offering the selection of your squad , any of the eight national teams , a full tournament , lots of control options , two-player games and , as they say in cruddy Christmas album adverts , much much more ! |