Example sentences of "[pers pn] were say [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , yes yeah , I mean , I think if I if I were to say to you , shall we sing the National Anthem , we 'd say , oh no , no , no .
2 Well I s I were saying to Irene , I says did you ever get one ?
3 from you and , and I was looking at that and ticking boxes and I was , I was almost not listening to what you were saying at times .
4 Remember what you were saying on Sunday evening — about misogyny , and the kind of attitudes instilled in boys at public schools ?
5 Whereas if we go on the back of something else or somebody else as as you were saying on on the back of a wedding er brochure or something like that , in other words , go down down a specialized avenue rather than a general one , you might achieve something better .
6 ‘ What was that you were saying about guests of the Government ? ’ he added dryly .
7 You were saying about being called up . ’
8 you were saying about , the visits
9 You were saying about erm the West not , not questioning Russian and China and , you know , accepting that they were communist .
10 What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid .
11 Cos it 's it 's puts it do , I know you were saying about it 's difficult to answer yes or no to a question but i in this case it 's really true because I answered no but I 've I 've got erm I mean I 've I 've got a degree in politics and I studied er , I did a a course women in politics
12 That last point , you were saying about , you know giggling and laughing about it , I think , that that 's a part of it , I mean sex can be fun
13 In terms of policing , was it erm you were saying about there was a view that the police were not
14 You were saying about blues at er night .
15 You were saying about you had a a bomb scare once , what walk was that on ?
16 Yeah you were saying about you said you said about erm the insurance , you were saying about that and what you were saying about your electricity .
17 Yeah you were saying about you said you said about erm the insurance , you were saying about that and what you were saying about your electricity .
18 Yeah you were saying about you said you said about erm the insurance , you were saying about that and what you were saying about your electricity .
19 Do you kn erm on the subject of I know last last time I came when I spoke to you that you were saying about you were saying about religion and it was and the fact that you erm go to church .
20 Do you kn erm on the subject of I know last last time I came when I spoke to you that you were saying about you were saying about religion and it was and the fact that you erm go to church .
21 Right so at the point we broke off , you were saying about things that things have changed quite a lot .
22 ‘ Probably everybody from what you were saying about her ability to keep a secret . ’
23 the workshop , you know , th next I I P workshop , You were saying about having a meeting then .
24 This is what you were saying about buying up the time , John in a way , is n't it ?
25 You were saying about Connie . ’
26 So in t erm with your regard to you were saying about the fact that there 's a lot of unemployment in the flats ,
27 Right erm before we broke off erm this last question I 'm going to ask you , you were s you were saying about erm in terms of erm some of the good points of h the , you were talking about it being pretty central erm for buses erm being near the forest erm what about erm in terms of local shops ?
28 Er now you were saying about crime in the area .
29 So you were saying about finding out how much current goes through
30 Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ?
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