Example sentences of "[noun sg] saying [conj] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right because we got a card in the , in our Christmas card saying that they were moving back |
| 2 | As requested I wrote and asked about self-catering accommodation at the conference and I received a reply saying that there 's one house that erm she 's come across that she thinks might be particularly suitable for us . |
| 3 | The court refused to investigate the validity of the Act saying that it was unable to look beyond the parliamentary roll of statutes . |
| 4 | Under the 1984 Act , the PCA is empowered to : ( i ) choose , or veto the choice , of investigating officers , supervise their inquiries , and receive their final report ; ( ii ) monitor the speed and efficiency of the investigation and issue a statement to the Chief Constable saying whether it was satisfactorily carried out ; ( iii ) receive a Chief Constable 's decision on what action he intends to take as a result of an investigation and , if need be , overturn the decision ( either by preferring disciplinary charges or , if it believes an offence has been committed , referring the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions ) . |
| 5 | You never hear on the whole the Englishman saying but I 'm English ! |
| 6 | Robert Dexter flew home with Prior last night and Carlisle Flint have gone on record saying that they are not interested in a change of team . |
| 7 | Then vigorously rub the right hand into your left elbow saying that you are going to rub the coin away . |
| 8 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 9 | I received a letter from the British Board saying that I was a possible selection for the European Cup . |
| 10 | The New York Times of Nov. 19 reported that the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps had recently issued a new ruling requiring all its graduates to sign an affidavit saying that they were liable to be discharged and forced to pay back their scholarship if they were discovered to be homosexual . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 's any use saying that I 'm sorry ? ’ |
| 12 | I remember my father saying when he was a very old man , ‘ Technique you can learn . |
| 13 | There 's a worthless piece of paper saying that there is supposed to be an oyster enterprise , but there 's no evidence that anyone has ever caught a single oyster . " |
| 14 | But the Government has rejected the call saying that it 's already taken steps to reduce the risk of such an incident happening again . |
| 15 | But I do remember Sterland giving an interview before the final saying that he was basically taken to the cleaners by the boy . |
| 16 | Erm I 've got a letter saying that it 's er th the mayor the is it sixteen , fifteen pounds worth of o of er |
| 17 | This choice was helped to be made when one of them wrote me a nasty letter saying that it was clear that I wanted the other as my friend ( which , if I may say , was a lot of nonsense ) ! |
| 18 | She wrote my mum a long letter saying that I was a Devil Child and the best thing my mum could do with me was have me exorcized . |
| 19 | John Kirwan has also changed his mind after he was heard on TVNZ after the World Cup saying that he was not prepared to play for New Zealand unless John Hart was nominated as coach . |
| 20 | My grandfather saying that everything was going downhill , my grandmother talking of progress , but neither expecting it for that year or the next , they did n't dream of real change , not in their lifetime nor their children 's . |
| 21 | The authorities ' campaign of arrests of suspected militants continued , although on Jan. 28 the ULFA issued a statement saying that it was ready to respond to any mediatory initiative . |
| 22 | In late January ULFA had issued a statement saying that it was ready to respond to any mediatory initiative [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 23 | Balfour came to stay at Petworth between the wars and I read a letter to him from another guest saying that she was sure that what they would both remember most about the visit was the intense cold of the house . |
| 24 | He ran from the house saying that he was going to commit suicide . |
| 25 | I left a cheque for the amount Trish had loaned me , plus a month 's rent in advance and a brief note saying that I was going to stay with an unspecified friend in North Oxford . |