Example sentences of "[was/were] say [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that seems to me , that might induce er slightly might do , but I could I I think that , wha I what I thought you were saying was different from what you ended up saying and I 'm not sure which |
| 2 | Gilmore replied , ‘ I can not do much more than say that what was said was absolute nonsense . ’ |
| 3 | What Elaine was saying was bizarre , out of her experience . |
| 4 | What , exactly , was it that Strawberry was saying was El-ahrairah ? |
| 5 | " As far as I could gather , what he was saying was some nonsense about the Easter Fete . |
| 6 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 7 | What he was saying was horrible , and miles from the truth . |
| 8 | Bush 's belief in what he was saying was obvious . |