Example sentences of "when i say [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He battered me — and when I say battered , I mean battered . |
| 2 | And when I say stout supports , I mean stout . |
| 3 | when I say that |
| 4 | I value Clare and I 'm not being patronising when I say that . |
| 5 | I was angry when I say that . " |
| 6 | You are without exception the rudest man it has ever been my misfortune to share a restaurant with ; and I think I can speak for all the others present when I say that . ’ |
| 7 | Am I being artless when I say that ? |
| 8 | When I say that , he was sent up the road on suspension er with the intention of management that they would look into the case and you know , possibly dismiss . |
| 9 | Erm not really because , well when I say that , erm generally speaking there was this er surge towards domestic types of agreements which tended to isolate erm district action . |
| 10 | ‘ Believe me when I say that to you . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't know what I mean when I say that word . |
| 12 | society you ca n't going to survive unless you have a woman back in the having the kids and we might see that as a you know you laugh when I say that , you know |
| 13 | Oh my class makes a groan when I say that . |
| 14 | when I say that , of course , I mean |
| 15 | In my teens , I remember , the usual result ( and when I say usual I mean about twice a week ) was sudden , fulminating appendicitis . |
| 16 | If you rise up in the stirrups when I say one and sink down at two you 'll find you stay with it . ’ |
| 17 | Well taking our rivers , first of all , have the rivers of Sussex changed very much in recent years , and when I say recent years I mean over the last few centuries ? |
| 18 | When I say nice people , people that well you know what 's come from all the different countries , from out there . |
| 19 | When I say honest , I mean honest . |
| 20 | I do n't talk to my father about physics ; it 's always a mistake because he gets cross when I say silly things , but the rest of the family get cross because they ca n't understand . |
| 21 | Erm I always thought , as did most of our stewards , when I say most of out stewards , there was always the occasional steward that felt er the desire you know , was , was justified , that the matter should be dealt with now , and because the management did n't respond effectively , then we should walk out the door . |
| 22 | But let me say immediately I do not have Miss Kenton in mind at all when I say this . |
| 23 | You see I I think er er probably one of the best erm Ministers of er of er Education that er has been for quite some considerable time and I bet you throw your hands up in horror when I say this you will totally disagree and I 'm talking here cos his name 's just slipped out of my mind . |
| 24 | put it together on a training session on this and they rely on you and perhaps talk through to the session and say look that when I say this sort of thing , will you be the person that demonstrates or gives me answer you know , this sort of thing . |
| 25 | I mean , I am not playing with words when I say this , but it wo n't improve as fast as we would have liked it to do because of the financial situation . |
| 26 | And when I say proper , I mean proper . |
| 27 | When I say corporate plan , I do n't necessarily mean you have to live with it rigidly . |
| 28 | And when I say stopped I mean stopped . |
| 29 | And when I say big , I mean BIG ! |
| 30 | And when I say old , that was designed and developed in nineteen thirty five in the States . |