Example sentences of "he be say [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while her heart swelled — could he be saying that he thought she was lovely ? — a few seconds later he was steering the Mercedes around a bend and was then at once driving to the other side of the road where a kind of lay-by had been cut into a high mass of rock . |
| 2 | ‘ He is saying that where there is not a straight fight between Labour and Conservatives , people may wish to vote tactically . ’ |
| 3 | He is saying that it would have been unlawful to honour the patient 's request , even if he had been willing to do so . |
| 4 | When Jesus says to his disciples , ‘ You are not to set your mind on food or drink ; you are not to worry ’ ( Luke 12:29 — the only New Testament use of the word ) , he is saying that God 's care for us as Father means that food and drink are not to be a hang-up , an occasion for doubt and anxiety which constantly keeps us up in the air . |
| 5 | He is saying that the church shows part of God 's glory . |
| 6 | As I understand it , he is saying that it is the official policy of the Labour party not to build the fourth boat and that his only reservation arises from the fact that certain clauses in the contract might make cancellation commercially prohibitive . |
| 7 | He is saying that he is not in favour of NATO 's present policy of maintaining adequate sub-strategic forces based in Europe and of ensuring that they are maintained and kept up to date . |
| 8 | Unlike Dunleavy , however , he is saying that any ‘ conservatising ’ effect of home ownership is a result of the real economic interests people have in the economic value of their properties . |
| 9 | Now he is saying that he killed Caesar for his greater love of Rome than for Caesar ie he killed Caesar for the ‘ general good ’ . |
| 10 | But , but he is saying that there is this process under way , this revolutionary process of overthrowing the system as it stands . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Seve 's always been convinced the Americans have got it in for him , anyway , but he 's said that about the French , the Italians , the Japanese . |
| 13 | One embarrassed spokesman said last night : ‘ If he 's said that , then there 's not much more we can contribute to it . ’ |
| 14 | He 's saying that we ought to be moving a bit up market an-l selling wines , spirits and cocktails to the 18–25 age group . |
| 15 | But the only query that Trevor 's put in my mind is the fact that he 's saying that the cost is gon na be extortionate . |
| 16 | He 's er he 's saying that er the shifting of the ground 's political but I 'd to remember him that er , th it 's the council that 's doing their job , he 's not doing his job . |
| 17 | He 's saying that the material of the West is an idol . |
| 18 | He 's saying that the existence of the church is essential to God 's glorious gospel . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And Jesus had n't stopped speaking , but even as he 's saying that the these people are gathering around him , the tax gatherers , the sinners , the undesirables of society , they 're gathering around him to hear what he 's got to say . |
| 21 | He 's saying that every one of us we are the sheep . |
| 22 | Because he 's saying that the January stock take is quite is al is impossible to reconcile . |
| 23 | Well he 's saying that that bloke mistook him for somebody else then ? |
| 24 | he 's saying that perhaps Shakespeare |
| 25 | But it 's not a question er of saying erm of saying it 's , he 's saying that they are already doing this and that |
| 26 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 27 | Erm he 's saying that the way forward is through the cooperative movement erm and this , this again is , ties in with the fact that you 've got peasant associations erm and that you 're gon na be , that , that the average peasant 's gon na be a lot stronger in the cooperative moment system . |
| 28 | I mean if , if he 's saying that these were amazing things and they |
| 29 | And he 's saying that that flesh can have something , that human nature can undergo a miracle ! |
| 30 | Yet he was to say that the entire enterprise of The Cantos was undertaken so as to uncover the reasons why war happens , so as to preclude its happening again . |