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 .
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