Example sentences of "was say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 2 | well all that was said was , really , they had twenty eight days to pay . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What he says he was saying is who the fuck are you , recall that at all ? |
| 5 | Really what I was saying is I think probably came over , but I will rephrase it . |
| 6 | Really what I was saying is I , I think probably came over but I will rephrase it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Bush 's belief in what he was saying was obvious . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | What , exactly , was it that Strawberry was saying was El-ahrairah ? |
| 12 | Oh yeah I know but all I was saying was that much of different things |
| 13 | What Elaine was saying was bizarre , out of her experience . |
| 14 | Culley had no idea whether what he was saying was taking effect ; Sanchez 's face was turned to the light , his cheek deeply shadowed . |
| 15 | What I was saying was |
| 16 | He eyed the boy a moment longer , not certain how much of what he was saying was understood , then gave a small shrug . |
| 17 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 18 | " As far as I could gather , what he was saying was some nonsense about the Easter Fete . |
| 19 | ‘ What I was saying was that I have a flat which is not currently in use . |
| 20 | Robyn took the sheets , holding them shakingly between her fingers , and read enough of the typewritten lines to know that what Luke was saying was the truth . |
| 21 | Everything I was saying was , so far anyway , completely acceptable Christian dogma . |
| 22 | Maybe what I was saying was n't so very different from what Old Mother Walsh had given the troops all those years ago . |
| 23 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |
| 24 | Because basically what Freud was saying was , the group we create semi-unconscious , the , the family . |
| 25 | I must say when I read that in 's letter , I did n't read that specific erm comment , I read something , something much much wider really , that , that really I felt that what she was saying was you know that when , when there is a group , then readers er musicians , everybody else reflect together and come together before they actually , you know , they do n't all operate the same but they come together and they reflect together on what the , the theme is , or you know , what was the main point of the readings . |
| 26 | My understanding of what Mr was saying was that because it 's an alteration rather than a replacement structure plan , that guidance no longer applies . |
| 27 | What Lord Wilberforce was saying was that one examines the content and not the form of a restraint and if there appears 'some quite independent purpose " behind the restraint , ie a purpose outside the essence of the agreement , then the doctrine applies . |
| 28 | Well it was to be helpful to the er to Mr and Scotton Parish Council that what what I was saying was , we were n't relying on the key diagram to justify at some future date , it being an outer northern relief road , that decision would have to be defended at future enquiry . |
| 29 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
| 30 | What he was saying was horrible , and miles from the truth . |