Example sentences of "[pers pn] be say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | and er , I was saying to old |
| 3 | And that was I it was , as I was saying in early January . |
| 4 | ‘ But do n't you understand , I only want to help , ’ she was saying with bosom-heaving passion . |
| 5 | Obviously , single-syllable words present no problems — if they are pronounced in isolation they are said with primary stress . |
| 6 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 7 | It was said to small children and maybe a young man would say it to his lass but always implied affection of something young and tender . |
| 8 | It was said with studied politeness . |
| 9 | Later , in England , it occurred to her that it might have been said ironically , but by then she had forgotten the context and intonation of it , could only remember that it was said under hot sun outside the Maison Carrée in Nîmes , where the air was fluent and the stones shone . |
| 10 | And then it was saying about quantitative and qualitative measures . |
| 11 | I ca nt even remember what he was saying about other matches — I was laughing at his ‘ expert ’ comments too much . |
| 12 | 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 ! |