Example sentences of "that [prep] saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might think he was a little coarse doing that after saying he despised her , but so what ? |
| 2 | For the latter , I usually talk people through the fact that after saying it we will clap our hands , stamp our feet , scratch our ears and finally shout hooray . |
| 3 | Nor is it the case that in saying ‘ I promise to meet you ’ I am merely giving expression to — or reporting or describing — an inward , mental act . |
| 4 | ‘ The fact that in saying that you clearly mean to reassure me , ’ said Lydia , ‘ shows that you do not know me at all well . |
| 5 | But let me say that in saying that I 'm a boilermaker , I have always been , I am now , and I will always be proud to say that I 'm a boilermaker . |
| 6 | and Mr Potter has gone some way to acknowledging that in saying that the circumstances may change . |
| 7 | But I start that by saying there was already a considerable amount of Cabinet discussion . ’ |
| 8 | Let me qualify that by saying … some Irishmen . |
| 9 | Johnson , never under an obligation to generate social ease , dismissed that by saying ‘ The intimacy is such as one of the professors here may have with one of the carpenters who is repairing the college , ’ Johnson 's point being that the printer , having printed some of Warburton 's works , might perhaps have bought the copyright in one or two of them . |
| 10 | I welcome the positive approach — perhaps I should qualify that by saying ’ part positive ’ — adopted by the hon. Member for Makerfield ( Mr. McCartney ) towards the Committee stage . |
| 11 | I would n't define integrated and balanced individually , I 'd link them together , because to me they appear to be er a concept , that you move towards , and the concept to me is shall we say to provide a balanced population structure , which is n't biased to any one sector shall we say , it 's not an elderly , it 's not a retirement village there like perhaps you have in er certain parts of er er North America , and the second element of the concept is that it should provide a range of services compatible with its size , but I qualify that by saying , but not all the services that the people in that settlement require , and this brings me back to my discussion , debate with Mr Curtis . |
| 12 | He hinted that if the Quayle Munro report proved favourable , the council would be prepared to consider further financial assistance to help the colliery back on to its feet , but he qualified that by saying the sums involved would ‘ not be massive ’ . |
| 13 | I 'll , I can endorse that by saying that we should n't , as I noticed a certain offhandedness with him that I did n't like at all . |
| 14 | Could I just top and tail that by saying proposals formal proposals , are meant to be sent to the information office |
| 15 | As a non-philosopher I always used to find that slightly depressing statement that of Eyre 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could immediately follow that by saying just because there 's a word for it maybe you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self-validating in a sense . |
| 16 | As a non-philosopher I always used to find that a slightly depressing statement , that of Ayer 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could perhaps immediately follow that by saying ‘ Just because there 's a word for it maybe , you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self- validating in a sense ? ’ |
| 17 | Eternity — something like that , you know ? , in some way , it 's a tale that in , the , that embraces those er thoughts that so many people are thinking these days , and yet I 'm an old fashioned fellow , erm and I say that by saying er yes , this , this is some , somewhat of a er new age category , all these things . |