Example sentences of "saying [conj] [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 There are difficulties in answering a question by saying that we do n't know .
2 Erm , over the last few months , we 've been over our administration , attacked , saying that we do n't care about the rural communities , only the conservative party care about the rural communities , that 's what we 've been told .
3 It 's very difficult , because you 're , again , I mean , we 're saying that we do n't get positive feedback , how many of us truthfully give positive feedback through to our staff ?
4 Saying that we do n't
5 say , say , saying that we do n't hang about in the , he 's gone say that .
6 no , no I 'm not saying that we did , we did evolve
7 The mutineers , all members of an elite scout-ranger regiment , marched to a nearby army camp , defiantly saying that they did not surrender to the government .
8 The mutineers , all members of an elite scout-ranger regiment , marched to a nearby army camp , defiantly saying that they did not surrender to the government .
9 Some authorities made a point of saying that they did not have a training programme because they depended on courses that presented themselves , e.g. : ‘ We always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised ’ .
10 How sad that such goodwill should be clouded by Mr Lamb saying that the other lot cheated , and the other lot saying that they did n't .
11 On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least .
12 On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least .
13 Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ?
14 Knitters often ask me about knitting double jacquard , saying that they do n't like the floats on single-bed Fair Isle fabrics .
15 The two kinds of reason for saying that they do not matter need to be kept distinct .
16 As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) .
17 Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls .
18 Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ?
19 In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria .
20 It goes without saying that they do n't deserve it , but considering how much the Beeb fall over themselves to shower praise on them , I thought it was a certainty .
21 I put this earlier by saying that I do not believe that the causal nexus of nature or that of history could be broken .
22 I just wondered , colleagues if Azil Nadir of Polly Peck fame currently I understand sunbathing in Northern Cyprus would be prepared to say how proud he is to be associated with the Tories of course in saying that I do include Michael Mates , and I just wondered whether or not this watch he sent was in fact a Timex watch .
23 Having grown up a northerner , I make no apologies for saying that I do not regard myself as a southerner who happens to live a few miles up the road .
24 ‘ Champagne , hot scented baths , Sibelius , tiny kittens , very , very , very expensive underwear that you hardly know you 're wearing , and skiing at night and going into the big stores on fifth Avenue and trying on all the three-hundred-dollar dresses and shoes and then saying that I do n't like any of them — I do that quite often — and … ’
25 Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration .
26 I 'm saying that I do n't know what local preference is , in terms of where it should go .
27 That 's my reason for saying that I do n't think the western relief road gives very much environmental relief to the A sixty one .
28 I think I might have his conscience by saying that I do n't mind .
29 I said you , I said I do n't go out with and he 's saying , she 's saying that I do
30 I answered my hon. Friend 's question about how many payments were made to practices — where list size criterion limited payment — saying that I did not know the answer .
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