Example sentences of "he [was/were] say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 're not saying that every time somebody dreams about an umbrella it means erm that , wh what he was saying is er that kind of visual symbolism often does stand for in this case erm the male genital , but it need not . |
| 2 | What he says he was saying is who the fuck are you , recall that at all ? |
| 3 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 4 | Bush 's belief in what he was saying was obvious . |
| 5 | Culley had no idea whether what he was saying was taking effect ; Sanchez 's face was turned to the light , his cheek deeply shadowed . |
| 6 | He eyed the boy a moment longer , not certain how much of what he was saying was understood , then gave a small shrug . |
| 7 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 8 | " As far as I could gather , what he was saying was some nonsense about the Easter Fete . |
| 9 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
| 10 | What he was saying was horrible , and miles from the truth . |
| 11 | No , what he was saying was see he sold his house for two hundred and thirty thousand I think he said . |