Example sentences of "[being] said [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In most homes in the area , prayers were being said for the deliverance of a husband , father , son or brother , and several families had more than one man involved . |
| 3 | Antoine Pecquet , a writer of the early eighteenth century who was also a senior official in the French foreign ministry , is typical of much of what was still being said on the subject . |
| 4 | Do you recall anything being said at the briefing to that effect and if so who by ? |
| 5 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 6 | He could not make out what was being said in the kitchen below . |
| 7 | He was still grinning when he left the centre and as Rachel began clearing up the soiled dressings she strained her ears to hear what was being said in the office . |
| 8 | The same , as is increasingly being said by the colony 's elder statesmen , is true of Hong Kong 's present relations with China . |