Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] say [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we 're trying to say is that : if you can get your head round this week 's Prize X-Word , it 'll probably take you so long to finish that al you 're friends will have married and moved away by the time you 've finished it . |
| 2 | Oh , I think what you 're trying to say is can you combine a whole range and not just one cell . |
| 3 | What we 're trying to say is that : if you can get your head round this week 's Prize X-Word , it 'll probably take you so long to finish that al you 're friends will have married and moved away by the time you 've finished it . |
| 4 | I think what they 're trying to say is if it was more localized it would be easier . |
| 5 | I think I think what you 're trying say is that the moon has come out during the day . |
| 6 | What we are going to say is simply that the parts of this diet which are easy and effortless and even enjoyable to you will become part of your normal eating in the future . |
| 7 | What I 'm trying to say is , when you 're in the state of consciousness triggered by sexual stimulation , you should be able to breach time and space . |
| 8 | What I 'm trying to say is that while I do n't really like the shape and some of the other features on this guitar at all , and would certainly not choose to include them if I were designing an instrument for myself , it should n't matter . |
| 9 | The staff here maybe I should be I should n't be saying this the staff are finding it very difficult I mean what I 'm trying to say is for goodness sake eyes should be opened . |
| 10 | Anyway , what I 'm trying to say is that I find myself looking around more . |
| 11 | slightly differently and what I 'm trying to say is I do n't want the leeway to weaken the strength of the reporting do you know what I mean ? |
| 12 | Here when they 're talking about women , I think James was right , women do have a vital role at the beginning in all cultures , what I 'm trying to say is that they have a vital role increasingly as they become more and more educated too . |
| 13 | All I 'm trying to say is that the Brotherhood think they 're a law unto themselves . |
| 14 | What I 'm trying to say is that when two people who neither like nor trust each other are thrust together , then something 's got to give . |
| 15 | I think what I 'm trying to say is , in the minutes that we produced for the last meeting , it says that a copy of it will be available for the next meeting |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose what I 'm trying to say is that … |
| 17 | ‘ What I 'm trying to say is how grateful I am , and how miraculous it was , but that 's it . |
| 18 | What I 'm trying to say is , everyone joins for their own different reasons , you ca n't generalise that . |
| 19 | I have n't got it right , but a , what I 'm trying to say is you do n't ask a lady her age . |
| 20 | What I 'm trying to say is that yo , i now you got ta order another to , forty six . |
| 21 | yeah , what I 'm trying to say is that , that the Germans , on one German captured about four hundred blokes |
| 22 | Right , but what I 'm trying to say is that you can dance them to them and by the way when are you thinking of having it done |
| 23 | right , now if you want to understand how to tie down , you just need to look at one or two tied in lines , and then you can , you can add , oh you can add your main lines what I 'm trying to say is , when it comes to , when it comes to , when it comes to , when it comes to selling , there 's a lot more than just what might you 've got , right , see I mean , I see for instance , you 've probably , you probably do n't , you probably do n't , you probably do n't go along right quite often right , people will buy what products can do with them , they do n't buy the products , are you with me ? |
| 24 | Oh I 'm trying to say is in this country pay so much . . . |
| 25 | but basically what , what , what I 'm trying to say is that erm , you know , it 's nineteen twenty seven , the world depression has n't happened yet erm and he 's assuming that you know , well you , you just said downtrodden masses for thousands of years I 'd say , you know , balls to that |
| 26 | What I 'm trying to say is that er Notts County supporters have got ta watch out for the other English teams ' scores rather than the Italian teams ' scores . |
| 27 | The route to the solution of some earth and moon also give rise to eclip oh know ca n't even spell it now , what I 'm trying to say is eclipses when one heavenly body gets in the way of another . |
| 28 | What I 'm trying to say is that it 's providing for people already here that I think should be a major item of population policy , and doing it not in a massive world sense , or even a country , but in particular areas as well . |
| 29 | The other point I 'm trying to say is that we have to insure with a Department of Trade approved insurer , so that should anything , for any reason , ever happen to ourselves or a company , then the insurance company is still responsible for the claims and will meet them . |
| 30 | What I am trying to say is that the anorexic has sufficient sense of identity to know that identity is something to be fought for — by whatever means . |