Example sentences of "[adv] say i [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In so saying I express no view whatsover as to the correctness or otherwise of the jury 's award ’ . |
2 | So that 's why we we make the advert curious enough or enough curiosity in it , no vagueness I suppose we make it vague enough to say I 've got to phone in . |
3 | Just came in to say I 've been summoned to the presence . |
4 | I just looked in to say I 've found my watch , Nurse Dungarvan . ’ |
5 | ‘ I wish I could court you with beautiful words , ’ the farmer went on , ‘ but I can only say I love you madly and want you for my wife . |
6 | I can only say I feel sure — it must go where it 's needed . |
7 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sayin' I believe it , mind , but I want to know about that happy-birthday message . |
8 | Oh just say I know him quite well . |
9 | And then you just say I 've got five |
10 | Plus , plus I get extra as well whenever I ask for it she just gives it me I just say I 've spent it all . |
11 | Just say I 've popped down to see the . |
12 | And I 'm going well I 've I just say I 've had erm three operations on my toe and I too painful so the doctor said advised me to only do games if I feel okay . |
13 | He just says I mean he was saying to June |
14 | ‘ I have already said I wish to make a call privately . |
15 | ‘ I 've already said I admire your ambition . |
16 | ‘ I 'm not saying I lose sleep about it , but the prospect of making a howler in front of millions of people is a worry . |
17 | I 'm not saying I condone it , ’ he interpreted her look , ‘ but at the moment maybe it 's all she has to protect her from feelings of inadequacy . ’ |
18 | Of course I was not saying I see people elbowed in the face 200 times a week . |
19 | Well , I 'm not saying I see it quite like that , I mean , that 's the mythology … ’ |
20 | ‘ I 'm not saying I think he 's foolish . |
21 | I 'm not saying I suppose it 's better |
22 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
23 | I 'm not saying I want to see Morris ' Utopian vision in action exactly as it is , but a lot of his idea is still very inspiring a century after it was written . |
24 | ‘ It is always nice to beat Boris although I am not saying I have proved I am a better player , ’ said the 24-year-old Stich . |
25 | I 'm not saying I do n't like playing acoustic , mind , but it 's tough sometimes . |
26 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |
27 | He saw the flicker of doubt in her eyes , and added with a husky laugh , ‘ I 'm not saying I do n't want you . |
28 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |
29 | ‘ I am not saying I believe that . |
30 | Yeah I mean I do n't know if I , I do n't , I 'm not saying I could I 'm just saying I bet if you had all that pressure then you would think of it differently . |