Example sentences of "[verb] i [was/were] saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd think I was saying it out of spite . ’ |
| 2 | Well I mean I was saying to this bloke well can you think of anywhere where we might be able to , oh no no no ca n't think of anywhere . |
| 3 | I repeated — and , to cover my astonishment , found I was saying , ‘ She does n't look old enough to be married ’ . |
| 4 | Oh no , look I was saying there are no primroses out yet ! |
| 5 | Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing . |
| 6 | Remember I was saying to you about the whole of the rag trade ? |
| 7 | Lead words , if you want to sit down and , in , in general you see er , you want to just sit down and think about what you 're doing and what you 're not doing , you can sit down and exercise on these words , now I 'm not saying you 'd ever want to do that , right now if , now you know I was saying to you about comparative questions right |