Example sentences of "[verb] been saying [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 2 | As the minority population became more vociferous in its demands and more openly nationalist and republican , the stature of Paisley in the loyalist camp was proportionately increased because Protestants looked back at what he had been saying in the early days of O'Neill 's reign and saw that ‘ he had been right all along ’ . |
| 3 | Although this was the exact opposite of what they had been saying in the previous year , it was consistent in suggesting that there was a conflict between leaders and members . |
| 4 | It shows what we 've been saying for a long time , how fragile the markets in this recycling are , and I still stick to what I 've thought all along , that marketing comes first and making the product comes second . |
| 5 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 6 | Cos the various things you 've been saying about the rich peasant economy , I mean |
| 7 | Yes , but I mean erm excuse me erm there are a lot of people who have been saying for a long time , the council are dragging their heels and they 're not doing anything . |
| 8 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 9 | Chairman , I 've listened with erm interest to Professor erm weasel words explaining that he did n't mean what he 's been saying for the past three years and trying to explain away what he 's effectively and he might as well admit it a complete volte face worse than that his agreement to an arrangement which he knows is second best . |