Example sentences of "saying [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praying and saying little is just as much a way of counting on God as preaching and saying too much . |
| 2 | In saying this , I am saying little more than that history , more or less as we have known it , will continue in the future ( if humanity has a future ) . |
| 3 | Just briefly as I asked Mr were you saying harbouring situation , or are you saying hostage situation or are you saying neither ? |
| 4 | Some later work focused on modelling variations in speech patterns , but the computers still could be used by only one person who ‘ trained ’ by saying each word five or 10 times . |
| 5 | But Coun Bill Dixon , the borough council 's housing chairman , rubbished the figures , saying each flat should not cost more than £30,000 . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I 'm not saying that at all . |
| 7 | Jay could n't believe her saying that . |
| 8 | He also ruled out what an ITN interviewer called a ‘ gentle readjustment ’ of the pound , saying that was an unacceptable soft option . |
| 9 | He was always saying that to folks . |
| 10 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're just saying that . ’ |
| 12 | And he did n't want them saying that . |
| 13 | He began by saying that with the UK vehicle division 's track record over recent years , he could n't really expect to receive any support to the plan he was about to describe . |
| 14 | ‘ Not just saying that to cheer him up . |
| 15 | People used always to be saying that about her . |
| 16 | I remember him saying that once before . |
| 17 | That 's saying that being a biker or a greaser or a punk is dirty — that 's a real stereotype old people believe about young people . |
| 18 | Frequently the perhaps unconscious arrogance of presenters invokes their saying to those they are interviewing , ‘ What you are saying is … ’ rather than ‘ Are you saying that .. ? ’ |
| 19 | You 're just saying that ! ’ |
| 20 | Chancellor Kohl , meanwhile , adopted a rather bullying tone by saying that German and European unification , like the flowing of the Rhine , are unstoppable and will wash away those who try to prevent them . |
| 21 | ‘ I keep saying that ! ’ |
| 22 | While not explicitly using this argument , Rawls comes close to doing so in saying that |
| 23 | People like Thatcher and the Royals could solve the Ethiopian problem within ten seconds but Band Aid shied away from saying that . |
| 24 | Are you also saying that soap operas , in particular — it may be other programmes as well — are picking up on and creating a space for discussing topics that really are preoccupying people , and rendering conscious a lot of issues that are ‘ out there ’ already ? |
| 25 | Saying that is , unfortunately , much easier than calculating in hard cash terms exactly what you have lost . |
| 26 | Just try saying that sentence out loud and see how pompous and unnatural it sounds . |
| 27 | The letter quotes Black as saying that white and Navajo ranchers ‘ misrepresent ’ their livestock losses and ‘ blame everything on coyotes ’ . |
| 28 | And it goes without saying that Wild is a Lisztian of the finest order . |
| 29 | We are saying that government and employers — the State owes us a living . |
| 30 | She said , ‘ Thank you for saying that . |