Example sentences of "[vb past] saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , it involved saying that ‘ the general principles of the constitution ( as for example the right to personal liberty , or the right of public meeting ) are with us as the result of judicial decisions determining the rights of private persons in particular cases brought before the courts ’ . |
| 2 | The party broke up when Father D'Arcy , whose life was organized round the liturgy , rose saying that he had to attend an obligatory office at Campion Hall . |
| 3 | Government and hospitals are not opting out of the N H S at all , they are every much of it a as part of the Health Service as they every have been and you all know that and it 's about time you stopped saying it . |
| 4 | They stopped saying , you know , would you buy a used car from this man and started talking about him as the international peacemaker . |
| 5 | One morning he decided any pupil caught saying the word ‘ shrubbery' ’ was to be punished . |
| 6 | ‘ The chef , ’ he recalled saying , ‘ must at all times be prepared for disaster . ’ |
| 7 | She spoke with such vehemence Wilson thought it better not to risk a reply , though in her head she practised saying what nonsense she thought Mrs Browning spoke . |
| 8 | But he came saying , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 9 | S. H. I 'm going along Scotland Road one night , going home , and I could hear someone smashing a lot down and this woman came saying , ‘ Bobby , come quick . |
| 10 | ‘ On the night the King died , ’ Corbett replied , ‘ a message came saying that the King , would arrive at Kinghorn . |
| 11 | He payed without a murmur , but on being asked for 4d for his share of tea , exploded saying " Who in ****** hell has been drinking tea " . |
| 12 | Two days later letters arrived saying they were banned from the club . |
| 13 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
| 14 | Before long , Maudie had a baby — and soon after that , a telegram arrived saying that Arnold had been killed in action . |
| 15 | A telegram arrived saying I was booked on a flight the next day , to be filmed at Pinewood Studios for the title sequences of the James Bond film ‘ A View to a Kill ’ . |
| 16 | Some three weeks after the first anniversary of her husband 's death , she telephoned saying , ‘ Thank you for your letter ’ ( this being the one I had written a year earlier ) . |
| 17 | Unfortunately David Fell replied saying that he and Julian Crozier were unable to come . |
| 18 | Mr Noel Osbourne , editorial director for Phillimore and Company , replied saying : ‘ This is the only indication we have had that there is anything at all wrong with this book , so I am sure you will be pleased with your purchase when you acquire a copy . ’ |
| 19 | Those are names it would be a pleasure to bear and that are good to hear : a minute or two spent saying them out loud should be part of any visit to the church of Itxassou . |
| 20 | Then poor wee Norrie Lamont had to go grovelling to the Germans — the same Norrie you heard saying all Krauts should be put down . |
| 21 | That 's exactly what we heard saying , we 're bombing civilians to take out the control and command structure . |
| 22 | Mavis Bricknell began saying loudly and indignantly , ‘ He hit him . |
| 23 | Tommaso began saying , ‘ I expect to hear any day now … . ’ |
| 24 | As soon as we removed ourselves from eyries at Television Centre and Broadcasting House , people began saying to us that the key subject we had to look at was one of portrayal and representation on air . |
| 25 | The over-optimism of that became very clear erm in the mid-seventies , and people all over the world , not just in this country , began saying , ‘ What are we doing ? |
| 26 | The captain left the pitch to telephone Tripoli , and returned saying that he would call new elections on Saturday . |
| 27 | There was nearly a mile of dense woodland at this point before the swampy ground began and it was over an hour before Crane returned saying that no-one had passed on that side . |
| 28 | The startled Burmese team withdrew , and returned saying they would endeavour to join in agreed conclusions . |
| 29 | Donna ( 5.0 ) interrupted saying ‘ You should have done it bigger [ for longer ] like me . |
| 30 | Wright J. agreed saying : ‘ Visitors have an absolute power ; the only absolute one I know of in England . ’ |