Example sentences of "[being] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not when there 's a mass being said of course . |
| 2 | The reality that those things were being said of her was just beyond her comprehension , and for myself I have never heard something so outrageous in all my life . ’ |
| 3 | Indeed , through the fact that he is spoken of as though there present , something different is being said of Christ than of anyone else . |
| 4 | ’ It 's already being said of her that unlike her famous namesake she is one in whom the quality of Mercy is very finely strained . ’ |
| 5 | This can be augmented through the skill of matching what is being said to the known personal circumstances of the counsellee . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The better your listening skills the better your understanding of what is being said to you . |
| 8 | Secondly , if you listen carefully you are more likely to make the right responses to what is being said to you . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 16 | It is being said with some conviction that Labour inflicted a serious blow on itself with that Sheffield monster rally . |
| 17 | Listening actively is demonstrated by concentration , affirming what is being said with nods , facial expressions , and short supportive or clarifying remarks to show the listener is responding . |
| 18 | Even in more casual situations people often try to get at the upshot of what is being said with such utterances as ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ |
| 19 | 4 The interview While you are having the conversation , concentrate : on what is being said on staying in role — being the person you are supposed to be on keeping your conversation realistic on not showing off |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Few would doubt that the same is being said at Mercedes . |
| 22 | Several other students were concerned about their inability to understand what was being taught in the lectures ; a commonly expressed view was that they could n't take notes and follow what was being said at the same time . |
| 23 | Do you recall anything being said at the briefing to that effect and if so who by ? |
| 24 | but , but we , we , we might come across this again a bit later on th that i it 's entirely possible that what is being said at the early part is n't actually borne out by the details that come later on . |
| 25 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 26 | Diana took the criticism to heart , avidly read what was being said about her and became depressed and despondent . |
| 27 | By the time that the Book of Isaiah was written however , things were being said about Israel 's God that could not be said of any other , and this led increasingly to the claim that the God of Israel is the only one that exists . |
| 28 | She realised that what was being said about Michael must be true . |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard currently looks by far the best placed of the biggest manufacturers to come out as the winner in the 1990s — but then three or four years ago , that was being said about DEC . |
| 30 | For instance he read every morning newspaper before midnight on the previous day ( in contrast to Harold Macmillan who claimed not to read newspapers ) and as a result he went to bed fully — and very ill-advisedly — informed of the disagreeable things that were being said about him , since almost all the papers had Tory proprietors and Tory-inclined editors . |