Sentence examples for were sayings from inspiring English sources

His use of parables and proverbs brought his writing home for me, because they were sayings I heard every day as a villager.

Hanging on the walls were sayings of the Leader's in huge Arabic and English type ("The United States of Africa is Africa's Future" and "One African Identity"), flanked by poster-size photographs of Rosa Parks.

(Nor were sayings peppered throughout his speech like, "Then I'll get into the meat of the coconut here…" that caused at least a couple of students to exchange quizzical glances).

In the same vein, there are sayings like "I'm going to Saks... and if I'm not out in two hours, you'd better come get me".

As with real-life focus groups, anyone who joins in knows what other participants are sayings and can comment on their comments, creating a real dialogue among customers.

Specifically, performatives are sayings which are also doings.

There are sayings that working with China distributors is difficult.

That's why I'm saying–I mean it's exaggerated but she is my idol, kind of.

While Soyinka agreed "with much of what Diaz is saying", she felt "the context in the UK is very different from that in America.

Forget understanding what I'm saying---my first goal is for you to hear me.

But I think other queens and LGBT members will understand exactly what I'm saying". .