Example sentences of "saying [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merlyn was savage , saying through gritted teeth that she was never , never , never to repeat such evil nonsense . |
| 2 | But this thing we 're always saying about continuous jobs , is n't it . |
| 3 | When I look at what the new people in charge of Channel 3 are saying about Current Affairs , I am depressed . |
| 4 | I ca nt even remember what he was saying about other matches — I was laughing at his ‘ expert ’ comments too much . |
| 5 | This is what some of our customers have been saying about environmental Service staff recently : |
| 6 | I mean I I would say that was an abuse of the position of power , because if he was Joe Bloggs in the street nobody would listen to what he was saying about electoral reform ! |
| 7 | To accept what I have been saying about epistemic appearances is to accept that our visual experience does somehow involve a judgement about what we are looking at , whether in our experience of works of art or in ordinary visual experience . |
| 8 | So it 's going over the same ground but from the different er different emphasis because clearly my mistake last week was to try and cram in too much and to erm assume that what I was saying about modern sex theory was erm self-evident . |
| 9 | It was an awful mess , and I remember Jimmy , er saying about old Mary , You 'd think her face had worked . |
| 10 | ‘ But do n't you understand , I only want to help , ’ she was saying with bosom-heaving passion . |
| 11 | That was all that was necessary and to proffer whatever it was , saying with great emphasis ‘ Here is what you asked for , sir ’ . |
| 12 | She made an effort and pulled herself together , drawing away from them and saying with great dignity and a careful enunciation of her words , ‘ You must not q-quarrel , you two . |
| 13 | There followed the flashing of their torchlights and muttered excuses and a voice saying with exaggerated courtesy , ‘ Sorry , ladies . |
| 14 | Mr Petrakov is one of the band of influential economists who have made the mental leap to the market ( ‘ We need a normal , civilised market , ’ he says ) , and have been saying with growing urgency that Mr Gorbachev must join them , and bring the country with him . |
| 15 | Isambard broke stillness and tension together , saying with careful serenity , and to the hall in general : ‘ Lucky for us both that intent and act are sometimes so far apart . |
| 16 | And that was I it was , as I was saying in early January . |
| 17 | This relationship is n't just common to product relationships it 's the same in cost revenue relationships as well Okay , so so what that diagram is saying in symbolic terms is that if the slope of the ideal product of labour curve , right , if D L P D A P L by D L positive , then the marginal product of labour must be greater than the average product of labour . |
| 18 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 19 | The same morning , Ernest went to the Post Office — which had a blue sign outside , saying in white lettering : You May Telephone From Here — and called the office at Stepney , making an appointment for the following day . |
| 20 | and this is where it really matters and really counts , what are the army saying to new recruits who might be going into the careers ' office , army careers ' office tomorrow , |
| 21 | But Pat remembers him saying to various children : ‘ Why do n't you lay down at the bottom of the swimming pool for half an hour ? ’ |
| 22 | And we 've been saying to Chief Executives , if you ca n't get the profit or you ca n't get the sales , well at least concentrate on trying to , trying to get the cash , get the debtors in , that kind of thing . |
| 23 | I was only saying to young Joe earlier , we really should have two on . |