"We don't want to rob people of a constitutional right but - I kind of don't like saying this, but I'm going to do it, and that is - to err on the side of protection is the chance sometimes we have to take."

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

Not so hot also is a way of saying that you do not really like something.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The saying that looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

I kept saying to myself that when at last they found out about him, it will be like the sun falling out of the sky.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

"I kept saying to myself that when at last they find out about him, it will be like the sun falling out of the sky.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

(SAYING) Sixteen-year-old Mota, like many of the school children who live in the village, came to help visitors clean.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

and British covert activity in Iran. So it's not like it's saying one is doing more than the other.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"It's a lost, because like the president is saying he is going to do something and he never do it, we are waiting for that."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Republican Senator Jon Kyl described the speech as too partisan, saying it sounded like a campaign speech instead of a State of the Union speech.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

We had some calls from Sydney and Melbourne after they saw an ad saying 'Hey you know,we would like to be involved in the film,' and everything.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruitof the sea.

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Anyway, like I was saying, I had a lot of company.

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He made a few blatant public relations gaffes, such as saying he would like to get his life back, after 11 people had been killed when the drilling rig exploded in April and oil continued to gush into the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

At the same time, the Zimbabwe government's Herald newspaper quoted senior government officials as saying they would like to normalize ties with the EU but that the starting point would be for the EU to admit that the sanctions are wrong.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12