Example sentences of "be saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 2 | How could there be ? the novel seems to be saying . |
| 3 | ‘ You will be saying next that that is what they are doing in France . |
| 4 | Harold MacMillan , Prime Minister , might still be saying to the electorate that they had never had it so good — which was true in terms of the change-round from post-war reconstruction , wartime destruction , and the days of depression ; but to someone of Leonard 's background , from Canada , the place was a bore . |
| 5 | Just as you can gain access to the cave of the unconscious only by being inside already , he seems to be saying , so you can gradually reach towards an understanding of my work only by understanding it in advance . |
| 6 | At the present time interpretation , often of a narrow and unrewarding kind , flourishes , usually though falsely claimed on publishers ' blurbs to be saying something completely new and important . |
| 7 | Well , but — so some readers may be saying or thinking — what about the content of these so numerous poems ? |
| 8 | The muddled thinking that makes us claim at least some vague idea of what God is leads us disastrously to thinking that if we say God can not be one kind of thing we must be saying he is the other . |
| 9 | ‘ The League appear to be saying that the difference between scrapping and cynical wounding is just three matches . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We should be saying to the Secretary of State : ‘ If you want fees say so , go to the electorate and ask them . ’ |
| 11 | Another thing , sociology would seem to be saying that those who have wealth and do well do so at the expense of the poor unfortunate . |
| 12 | In effect he seems to be saying that Conservatism seeks to preserve social discipline through the maintenance of authority , and that therefore it stresses authority and social discipline . |
| 13 | Because if you do n't say ‘ What if ? ’ you 'll be saying : ‘ If only … ’ |
| 14 | He would not have liked it if she seemed to be saying that they could get away any time they wanted to . |
| 15 | ‘ But what will you be saying if you see yourself in a month 's time with a list on you like the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? |
| 16 | Her voice might be saying something different but that , in essence , would be the message . |
| 17 | It seemed to be saying : ‘ You and who else ? ’ , or ‘ Do you think that you 're really big enough ? . ’ |
| 18 | He seemed to be saying it as much to convince himself as to convince all the rest . |
| 19 | ‘ What I 'll be saying in a year 's time I do n't know . ’ |
| 20 | The inquiry is limited to events after 1986 , but Mr Patten appeared to be saying that it was up to the head of the inquiry , under the oversight of the Police Complaints Authority , to decide whether to extend it . |
| 21 | Look at the high street favourites of five years ago and ask how well they 're doing now : in the nineties we could be saying bye-bye Next and cheerio Habitat . |
| 22 | All Kevin Rowland seemed to be saying was that he had something to say . |
| 23 | Join Congress , Mr Gandhi seemed to be saying , and create a party strong enough to have a clear majority . |
| 24 | As opposed to this , Locke is often supposed to be saying that , in addition to properties , things have a ‘ substratum ’ which ‘ supports ’ their properties . |
| 25 | People used always to be saying that about her . |
| 26 | It was something of a pantomime , any minute now they would be saying : ‘ Oh no , I did n't ! ’ and ‘ Oh yes , you did ! ’ |
| 27 | Many people at the church will be saying to Mrs Patient and her family , ‘ I do miss your husband , he was so good to me , ’ and whereas this makes the family feel warm it also makes them feel disturbed . |
| 28 | On the other hand , that model might be saying that so that she does n't have the envy of thousands of women heaped on her head ! |
| 29 | ‘ Ought you to be saying this , dear ? |
| 30 | He might still be saying — lying through his teeth — that her breasts were as firm as ever . |