Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [be] say was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything I was saying was , so far anyway , completely acceptable Christian dogma . |
| 2 | Well no , no what I 'm saying was , the fifteen seaters here you see but I ca n't , I sha n't be put the petrol in for the both shall I ? clean tomorrow night . |
| 3 | What I was saying was |
| 4 | ‘ What I was saying was that I have a flat which is not currently in use . |
| 5 | Maybe what I was saying was n't so very different from what Old Mother Walsh had given the troops all those years ago . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |
| 7 | Well it was to be helpful to the er to Mr and Scotton Parish Council that what what I was saying was , we were n't relying on the key diagram to justify at some future date , it being an outer northern relief road , that decision would have to be defended at future enquiry . |
| 8 | well I 'd go along with that but what I was saying was I , I thought you might become more confrontational and if you were then we 'd 've got into a bit of a tennis match there and but then you did n't go down that route , that 's what I 'm saying , you did n't actually go down that cos if you had 've done we 'd 've got nowhere |
| 9 | I think Mr misunderstood Chairman with respect that , that is n't what I was saying at all , what I was saying was had Mr not made his statement , this was the one that hopefully we would all of accepted . |
| 10 | What I was saying was , just that like , they had all these pieces of furniture in there , it was supposed to be a suite , but my mum , my mum got round and tell you every single piece that was a different colour or the wrong shape , or did n't fit on the pedestal properly , or this and that , and she had the whole lot changed at least three times . |
| 11 | I must say when I read that in 's letter , I did n't read that specific erm comment , I read something , something much much wider really , that , that really I felt that what she was saying was you know that when , when there is a group , then readers er musicians , everybody else reflect together and come together before they actually , you know , they do n't all operate the same but they come together and they reflect together on what the , the theme is , or you know , what was the main point of the readings . |
| 12 | Yes , the , the lady in question was saying what , she had to have , I think , I think what she was saying was , that for every person over forty five she had to have somebody under forty five . |
| 13 | but hopefully it wo n't be the so what you 're saying was you you 'd recommend it to us , yeah plan this is the way we do our business , by recommendations okay . |
| 14 | Yeah , that 's what we was saying was n't it ? |
| 15 | I the time on the , think what they 're saying was trying to act . |
| 16 | Liberals were left to pretend that what they were saying was the fruit not of compromise but of virtue . |
| 17 | Some of its members , namely Barry , Brodrick , Ashpitel , Jones and Lamb , must have been motivated by pure self-interest , as they themselves produce buildings in what they were saying was the hated Gothic style . |
| 18 | Someone who 's had the courage who knowing that what they were saying was upsetting powerful people , still taking that risk and saying what they felt to be true and just ? |
| 19 | They were both behaving as if what they were saying was what was in their thoughts . |
| 20 | Bush 's belief in what he was saying was obvious . |
| 21 | Culley had no idea whether what he was saying was taking effect ; Sanchez 's face was turned to the light , his cheek deeply shadowed . |
| 22 | He eyed the boy a moment longer , not certain how much of what he was saying was understood , then gave a small shrug . |
| 23 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 24 | " As far as I could gather , what he was saying was some nonsense about the Easter Fete . |
| 25 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
| 26 | What he was saying was horrible , and miles from the truth . |
| 27 | No , what he was saying was see he sold his house for two hundred and thirty thousand I think he said . |
| 28 | what it , what it was saying was in effect that the woman er so long as she 's free and and open sexually then she can have whatever she wants . |