Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] saying that " in BNC.
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| 1 | like be doing his A levels and that she 's saying that she 's gon na take both of our stereos , lock them in the , lock them in the shed all day , take |
| 2 | Because she 's saying that she ca n't make herself sick . |
| 3 | I said you , I said I do n't go out with and he 's saying , she 's saying that I do |
| 4 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 5 | In the language of contemporary sociology , she is saying that juvenile delinquency is a subculture … |
| 6 | That 's that 's part of , of presumably , one of the objections from the U K Government , erm , that essentially , it 's saying that that these arguments ca n't be , justified on health and safety grounds and that that the approach , de-regulation and freedom in the market to al allow people to do what they want to do , which is the fact that they , if they want to work twelve hours , then presumably the Government and yourself are supporting that that freedom . |
| 7 | For all that the Government is making a bit of er er idiot of itself by not embracing the things that it needs to embrace the things it needs to do , at least it 's saying that it wo n't do them . |
| 8 | What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure . |
| 9 | ‘ He is saying that where there is not a straight fight between Labour and Conservatives , people may wish to vote tactically . ’ |
| 10 | He is saying that it would have been unlawful to honour the patient 's request , even if he had been willing to do so . |
| 11 | When Jesus says to his disciples , ‘ You are not to set your mind on food or drink ; you are not to worry ’ ( Luke 12:29 — the only New Testament use of the word ) , he is saying that God 's care for us as Father means that food and drink are not to be a hang-up , an occasion for doubt and anxiety which constantly keeps us up in the air . |
| 12 | He is saying that the church shows part of God 's glory . |
| 13 | As I understand it , he is saying that it is the official policy of the Labour party not to build the fourth boat and that his only reservation arises from the fact that certain clauses in the contract might make cancellation commercially prohibitive . |
| 14 | He is saying that he is not in favour of NATO 's present policy of maintaining adequate sub-strategic forces based in Europe and of ensuring that they are maintained and kept up to date . |
| 15 | Unlike Dunleavy , however , he is saying that any ‘ conservatising ’ effect of home ownership is a result of the real economic interests people have in the economic value of their properties . |
| 16 | Now he is saying that he killed Caesar for his greater love of Rome than for Caesar ie he killed Caesar for the ‘ general good ’ . |
| 17 | But , but he is saying that there is this process under way , this revolutionary process of overthrowing the system as it stands . |
| 18 | Now the thing that seems to be the most interesting on the er face value of it , is er how it 's going to affect fuel consumption and transport , and he is saying that they 're considering whether further changes should be made in the taxation of er fuel and vehicles . |
| 19 | He 's saying that we ought to be moving a bit up market an-l selling wines , spirits and cocktails to the 18–25 age group . |
| 20 | But the only query that Trevor 's put in my mind is the fact that he 's saying that the cost is gon na be extortionate . |
| 21 | He 's er he 's saying that er the shifting of the ground 's political but I 'd to remember him that er , th it 's the council that 's doing their job , he 's not doing his job . |
| 22 | He 's saying that the material of the West is an idol . |
| 23 | He 's saying that the existence of the church is essential to God 's glorious gospel . |
| 24 | And I 'm sure that that 's part of why sounds pretty good when he 's saying that it 's not the body that makes us who we are , it 's not the body that matters . |
| 25 | And Jesus had n't stopped speaking , but even as he 's saying that the these people are gathering around him , the tax gatherers , the sinners , the undesirables of society , they 're gathering around him to hear what he 's got to say . |
| 26 | He 's saying that every one of us we are the sheep . |
| 27 | Because he 's saying that the January stock take is quite is al is impossible to reconcile . |
| 28 | Well he 's saying that that bloke mistook him for somebody else then ? |
| 29 | he 's saying that perhaps Shakespeare |
| 30 | But it 's not a question er of saying erm of saying it 's , he 's saying that they are already doing this and that |