Example sentences of "being said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be augmented through the skill of matching what is being said to the known personal circumstances of the counsellee . |
| 2 | We are often so anxious to talk , to express our views or to make our point , that we often fail to listen to what is being said to us . |
| 3 | The better your listening skills the better your understanding of what is being said to you . |
| 4 | Secondly , if you listen carefully you are more likely to make the right responses to what is being said to you . |
| 5 | The words , especially the names — Findias , Falias , Murias — seemed to shimmer in her mind like strong light , and she knew it was important to understand what was being said to her ; but still she felt leaden . |
| 6 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll make sure that I 'll bring her back in one piece , ’ André was saying , but Piers had turned away and gave no indication of having heard what was being said to him . |
| 8 | AB WE TEL MIN The sensation that one neither agrees nor disagrees with what is being said to one , but that one simply wishes to depart from the presence of the speaker |
| 9 | The second is the presence in some manuscripts of short expansions of the text which tend to tie in very explicitly what is being said to the Incarnation of Christ . |