Example sentences of "have been saying [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this . |
| 2 | Well some people have been talking about five to seven years , I 've been saying all the way through that we 're very flexible on this , and clearly if erm a bidder whether it 's a management buy out with other people in the bid , others in the consortium , or an outright bid from a private sector consortium er if if they get the franchise and make clear that that 's on the basis that they 're going to put a lot of money into the capital investment , then clearly they will want a longer period and we have made that clear . |
| 3 | That 's what you 've been saying all the time this sort of bank lending 's been going on have n't you ? |
| 4 | You 'll know more about it than me John , but er , I just think that David Lawrence er from the pavilion end is click this morning he 's bowled some very , very quick deliveries we 've been saying all along that this is a very docile pitch now and a good batting service er , er against the , but there 's been some quick deliveries this morning . |
| 5 | Okay , so we 've been saying that , I mean clearly , I mean that , that 's good evidence to suggest that world trade in absolute terms in agricultural goods is , is increasing , but as a proportion of world trade erm , it 's er , we know , we know that , we know that it , it 's falling . |
| 6 | Erm you may , you may start to believe from what I 've been saying that federalism is a kind of sham , you know that it 's a that really states have lost significance viz a viz the federal government , federal government is now more or less a , a unitary state and runs everything , well that 's not true at all . |
| 7 | Must get one a microwave if Debbie comes home I think , I 'll see , I 've been saying that but I was thinking if , I 'll have to wait and see Debbie |
| 8 | There can only be one outcome , the trade unions will retain their involvement in the Labour Party , I 've been saying this all along , as have others , during the course of the last year , the trouble is , nobody listens . |
| 9 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |
| 10 | We can do a bit more taping thereon , I 'll be just interested to hear what you have been saying all this time , you know ! |
| 11 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 12 | Since the start of the summer the papers have been saying this and that about us . |
| 13 | Has not the time come at last — some of us have been saying this for a long time — for my right hon. Friend , or his successor , to consider seriously the alternative policy that many have advocated : administrative devolution , or short-term integration ? |
| 14 | ‘ That 's what he 's been saying all the time , ’ said Len . |
| 15 | I think he 's a right lying git , I could n't , he 's been a right lying git , he 's been saying all the things that he 's supposed to say instead of the truth |
| 16 | He 's been saying that over a year . |
| 17 | She 's been saying that ? |
| 18 | And he 's been saying some very wild things to George . |
| 19 | Cheryl 's been saying some odd things . |
| 20 | And I think Peter 's been saying this for almost well since he 's come back anyway that , I ca n't work because the stock figures have not been updated . |