Example sentences of "were saying [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But earlier you were saying that women who come to Oxford are tough cookies . |
| 2 | The television news-readers and the police and Hank — even Hank — were saying that Liam Shakespeare was shut up in his own home . |
| 3 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 4 | The papers the other day were saying that Blackburn were the most likely club to land Gazza . |
| 5 | They had realized that we were saying that lesbian and gay sexual relationships were as good as heterosexual relationships : they had realized the panic that this issue could generate . |
| 6 | We were saying that Ron in number four he was a builder . |
| 7 | Now on Friday we were saying that Gloucester were on the right track … that West Hartlepool would be railroaded by them on saturday … bad news … the cherry and whites suffered a points failure … they went and lost by six points to twenty one |
| 8 | Is he aware that the chair of the local British Medical Association branch in Calderdale recently publicly rebuked local Tories who were saying that GPs wanted to become fund holders ? |