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 | Knitters often ask me about knitting double jacquard , saying that they do n't like the floats on single-bed Fair Isle fabrics . |
| 7 | The two kinds of reason for saying that they do not matter need to be kept distinct . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I put this earlier by saying that I do not believe that the causal nexus of nature or that of history could be broken . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 17 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
| 18 | I 'm saying that I do n't know what local preference is , in terms of where it should go . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I think I might have his conscience by saying that I do n't mind . |
| 21 | I said you , I said I do n't go out with and he 's saying , she 's saying that I do |
| 22 | This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’ |
| 24 | Which is shorthand for saying that you do n't have to cheat very much . |
| 25 | Now if you like you can sign all it says is erm it just it 's just telling you what it is and saying that you do n't mind them typing up the words form this . |
| 26 | We 're not saying that you do n't like that . |
| 27 | And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away . |
| 28 | No I know what you 're saying and I do n't know why you should |
| 29 | That 's what I 'm saying if they do n't |
| 30 | He said on the one hand he was agreeing with you , right that i it does n't matter how good a cyclist you are it 's the fucking car drivers , nine times out of ten , that cause the accidents on and then , on the other hand he was saying but I do n't see I I ca n't se ever see myself coming off you know , he 's fucking stupid ! |