Example sentences of "[was/were] say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we were saying is that so long as those with parental responsibilities consent to J. being treated by the medical staff of the health authority , he must be treated in accordance with their clinical judgment . |
| 2 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
| 3 | Liberals were left to pretend that what they were saying was the fruit not of compromise but of virtue . |
| 4 | Some of its members , namely Barry , Brodrick , Ashpitel , Jones and Lamb , must have been motivated by pure self-interest , as they themselves produce buildings in what they were saying was the hated Gothic style . |
| 5 | What our artists were saying was , in effect , nothing to do with us . |
| 6 | Someone who 's had the courage who knowing that what they were saying was upsetting powerful people , still taking that risk and saying what they felt to be true and just ? |
| 7 | They were both behaving as if what they were saying was what was in their thoughts . |
| 8 | Now that seems to me , that might induce er slightly might do , but I could I I think that , wha I what I thought you were saying was different from what you ended up saying and I 'm not sure which |
| 9 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 10 | No you were saying were n't you ? |
| 11 | But you were saying were n't you you described this world which lots of us now have lost and somebody leaving school starting a job and retiring from that job , so the que the question David 's asked you is more important is n't it because deferred pensions are probably gon na become more , not less common . |
| 12 | But w but we , we you were saying were there these , yes |
| 13 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 14 | well all that was said was , really , they had twenty eight days to pay . |
| 15 | So we 're not saying that every time somebody dreams about an umbrella it means erm that , wh what he was saying is er that kind of visual symbolism often does stand for in this case erm the male genital , but it need not . |
| 16 | What he says he was saying is who the fuck are you , recall that at all ? |
| 17 | Really what I was saying is I think probably came over , but I will rephrase it . |
| 18 | Really what I was saying is I , I think probably came over but I will rephrase it . |
| 19 | There is actually more than enough land already available to within the main urban area to provide the types of facilities that Mr Bishop was saying were not currently available . |
| 20 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 21 | Bush 's belief in what he was saying was obvious . |
| 22 | In effect , what The Times was saying was that it knew what the ‘ real ’ stories were and that only dictators prevented such stories from being told . |
| 23 | What , exactly , was it that Strawberry was saying was El-ahrairah ? |
| 24 | Oh yeah I know but all I was saying was that much of different things |
| 25 | What Elaine was saying was bizarre , out of her experience . |
| 26 | Culley had no idea whether what he was saying was taking effect ; Sanchez 's face was turned to the light , his cheek deeply shadowed . |
| 27 | What I was saying was |
| 28 | He eyed the boy a moment longer , not certain how much of what he was saying was understood , then gave a small shrug . |
| 29 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 30 | " As far as I could gather , what he was saying was some nonsense about the Easter Fete . |