Example sentences of "saying [adv] [that] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King , visiting as a private citizen , was reticent about his political ambitions , saying only that he wanted to help Romania . |
| 2 | I feel that he is really saying not that he sees the cleverness and the artistic quality of the painting or the message in the paintings as might first be assumed , but that he understands what the church is doing , instead of helping the poor , it was showing the pictures to educate them about God . |
| 3 | Fiona hugged me as a long-lost brother and said Harry still could n't be quite clear in his mind as he was saying now that he remembered drowning . |
| 4 | I 'm not being critical of him , I 'm just saying now that he 's got to pick his time to go over the top . |
| 5 | Conveyancing documents should include a certificate by the purchaser saying either that he had been fully advised by a wholly independent practitioner or that he had declined such advice — and the certificate should contain a prominent ‘ health warning ’ against declining to take it . |