Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] saying " in BNC.
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1 | It was not until she noticed a bill on Todney 's desk , to be authorized by Stephen as complimentary , that she knew his half-brother had checked out of the hotel without so much as saying goodbye to her . |
2 | We thought it more appropriate than saying , sponsored by so we put their arms . |
3 | This was not strictly true , but it was certainly more true than saying that he was gay . |
4 | People live in the real world , their not really going to be influenced , its about as sensible as saying er a Mills and Boon novel for example tells people about love are saying M I five use from Russia with Love as a training manual its the same kind of level of |
5 | It is not as simple as saying an embryo has a value equal to one human life which it is entitled to cash in . |
6 | Yes , towards — we 're getting back towards our original man in the graveyard — yes , I mean I 'd like to say that you 're saying particularly to Reverend Flatman what should he or his parishioners be doing to help this man — it 's not as easy as saying that somebody individually should be offering him a room in their house because his problems are far more manifold and deep seated than that . |
7 | " That 's about as stupid as saying you became a nurse because you get a kick out of emptying bedpans . |
8 | First suggesting I was involved in some insurance fraud and then as good as saying Mom walked out on us ! |
9 | That seemed , when she thought about it , almost as good as saying for ever . |
10 | A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’ |
11 | It it 's there for us to , to use as a , as a sore thumb exercise to ask questions but , but to actually do anything er , er as critical as saying , we 're gon na spend twelve thousand pounds next period and eleven thousand pound the period after and fourteen thousand the period after , er I do n't think that 's |
12 | This is even stronger than saying that the dynamics of the system determine the behaviour of the units , as causes determine their effects , because ‘ functional ’ presumably implies something about the purpose of the states ' behaviour in achieving equilibrium , thus going beyond mere causal determination . |