Example sentences of "be saying [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Petrakov is one of the band of influential economists who have made the mental leap to the market ( ‘ We need a normal , civilised market , ’ he says ) , and have been saying with growing urgency that Mr Gorbachev must join them , and bring the country with him . |
| 2 | This is what some of our customers have been saying about environmental Service staff recently : |
| 3 | I mean I I would say that was an abuse of the position of power , because if he was Joe Bloggs in the street nobody would listen to what he was saying about electoral reform ! |
| 4 | So it 's going over the same ground but from the different er different emphasis because clearly my mistake last week was to try and cram in too much and to erm assume that what I was saying about modern sex theory was erm self-evident . |
| 5 | ‘ But do n't you understand , I only want to help , ’ she was saying with bosom-heaving passion . |