Example sentences of "being said [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reality that those things were being said of her was just beyond her comprehension , and for myself I have never heard something so outrageous in all my life . ’ |
| 2 | ’ It 's already being said of her that unlike her famous namesake she is one in whom the quality of Mercy is very finely strained . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll make sure that I 'll bring her back in one piece , ’ André was saying , but Piers had turned away and gave no indication of having heard what was being said to him . |
| 4 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 5 | The words , especially the names — Findias , Falias , Murias — seemed to shimmer in her mind like strong light , and she knew it was important to understand what was being said to her ; but still she felt leaden . |
| 6 | We are often so anxious to talk , to express our views or to make our point , that we often fail to listen to what is being said to us . |
| 7 | The better your listening skills the better your understanding of what is being said to you . |
| 8 | Secondly , if you listen carefully you are more likely to make the right responses to what is being said to you . |
| 9 | For instance he read every morning newspaper before midnight on the previous day ( in contrast to Harold Macmillan who claimed not to read newspapers ) and as a result he went to bed fully — and very ill-advisedly — informed of the disagreeable things that were being said about him , since almost all the papers had Tory proprietors and Tory-inclined editors . |
| 10 | Diana took the criticism to heart , avidly read what was being said about her and became depressed and despondent . |
| 11 | Erm , but they 're still being said about me . |
| 12 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 13 | Marc had dropped her off at her flat in the early hours with little more being said between them . |
| 14 | Though , had she thought she might get out of his car and leave him without so much as a word being said between them , she found she was mistaken . |
| 15 | He was lucid about himself and knew perfectly well what was being said behind his back . |
| 16 | ‘ You think I do n't have the right to know what 's being said behind my back ? ’ |