Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] referring to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , he said : ‘ I was referring to the legacy of the recession that we are now curing and that has now hit every other nation in Europe . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was referring to the way men view relationships . ’ |
| 3 | I was referring to the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) . |
| 4 | When the hon. Member for Newham , North-East mentioned that important matter I was referring to the progress that we have made in bringing inflation under control . |
| 5 | When I said that I must look into the matter , I was referring to the franked envelope , not its contents . |
| 6 | She was referring to the illness which put him in hospital last year before he was moved out of Pollsmoor to his present quarters , formerly a prison warden 's home . |
| 7 | She was referring to the North and South Heys which flowed from their source at Ranlodden Moor towards the six-hundred-foot hills that towered over Heymouth . |
| 8 | She was referring to The Glass key starring Edward Arnold , George Raft and Claire Dodd . |
| 9 | She was referring to the graze on his knee . |
| 10 | She looked away from him , a faint blush beginning at her jawline , and he knew she was referring to the fact that he had not betrayed her , even though he knew she had lied about being with her mother in Wales . |
| 11 | He must have known she was referring to the game he was playing with Lotta ! |
| 12 | It had worried him for a moment , he had n't been quite sure what she meant , but then he reckoned she was referring to the troubles . |
| 13 | In this way they were referring to the fact that Steffi Graf was the only top ten player there . |
| 14 | They were referring to the deposit copy . |
| 15 | The kind of social relationship which existed between certain teachers and this group of boys became very apparent when one examined the terms of reference used by the boys when they were referring to the teachers and themselves ; ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ . |
| 16 | He was referring to the opposition leader , Aung San Suu Kyi , whose home on Inya lake , northern Rangoon , is surrounded by troops to enforce her house-arrest and General Ne Win , whose residence on the other side of the lake is also surrounded by troops and who rarely ventures out . |
| 17 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 18 | He was referring to the remainder of Layforce which had been formed into the Middle East Commando , the Foldboat Section ( SBS ) and the ‘ parachute personnel ’ . |
| 19 | Ignorantly , I thought he was referring to the great Catholic/Protestant divide . |
| 20 | He was referring to the British Government 's ‘ bloody Tories ’ trade block against Russia whose revolution threatened European equilibrium . |
| 21 | He was referring to the well known local character whose unenviable job as council dustman , included emptying the local toilet buckets , as there was no running water in the area The local joke was that Terry had no problem getting a drink . |
| 22 | It was all a roundabout way of saying that Sien was synonymous with sorrow , and perhaps as well he was referring to the sorrowing mother of their childhood . |
| 23 | He was referring to the brigade of Dutch-Belgian infantry that was spread in four ranks either side of the road to block a direct attack from Frasnes . |
| 24 | While he was referring to the Prince 's fawning friends , it was interpreted as a comment on the high staff turnover at Kensington Palace and Highgrove . |
| 25 | Had the French not been so proud , the anonymous chaplain of Henry V 's household asserted , they would have recognised that earlier defeats which they had experienced ( he was referring to the battles fought at Sluys in 1340 and at Poitiers in 1356 ) , constituted a clear sign of divine arbitrament , and much bloodshed would have been avoided . |
| 26 | By this he was referring to the chief justices and three judges of the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King 's Bench and the chief baron and three barons of the Court of Exchequer , being the three courts of common law . |
| 27 | He was referring to the slight dizziness she 'd experienced when they 'd first come into the moonshadow of the trees . |
| 28 | Knowing he was referring to the drugs , Polly recoiled as though he had struck her . |
| 29 | ‘ I imagine he was referring to the Independence Day celebrations , ’ her husband had told her as he 'd led the way into the apartment . |
| 30 | He was referring to the atrocious reporting in that paper and other tabloids of the trial of Michelle and Lisa Taylor . |