Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I am right then to say ‘ The chicken is distressed by its close confinement , is a dual acknowledgement of sympathy at the presence of behavioural prototypes similar to those of distressed people , and a strong veterinary hint of a possible cure ; but no more . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not just saying that for effect . |
| 3 | The archetypal Englishman from Trinidad with perhaps the best-known voice in TV admits ‘ I 'm not just saying that . |
| 4 | I 'm not just saying that . |
| 5 | Well I 'm sure the writing out of the agenda is , I , I 'm not just saying it , the agenda is not difficult and I do everything I can and I will write any letters you want . |
| 6 | I think Oxfordshire 's a brilliant place , and I 'm not just saying that because we 're on the air . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not even saying do n't have knives . |
| 8 | Like , erm , I 'm , like I 'm not fucking saying to she 's , she 's but she 's , she just gets fucking absolutely stupid ! |
| 9 | Yes , I , I was actually just saying to my wife last night , erm , who would have ever thought that in the same year , we could have lost two of the greatest wing-halves , as they were in those days , but I suppose mid-field players they 'd be known as today , who 'd |
| 10 | You 're not just saying that ? ’ |
| 11 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 12 | A time will come when you will know that she is no longer saying to herself , ‘ If I ca n't have him , I do n't want anything ’ . |
| 13 | Cos we 're not even saying that |
| 14 | We 're not actually saying , ‘ This is right , and this is wrong . ’ |
| 15 | Now if she says why we were not here or say say she tells you she called on Saturday and we were out just say to her Raymond was drinking stout ! |
| 16 | Some things are taken as read and they 're not actually said . |
| 17 | they were n't actually saying anything , then probably the plan would sort of go ahead and , and , and then you might find that you know half of you did n't actually go . |
| 18 | They were rather like saying that French was less logical than Russian . |
| 19 | I do n't mind dropping in and saying , hello , we we are getting to a size where , er I think it 's speci slightly impractical , I mean er I can see there was so might be useful to know there 's a new member of staff here , it 's either then say there was somebody wandering around , who are you and what are you doing here . |
| 20 | Well I mean , it 's not necessarily to say that you know , that they |
| 21 | It 's not enough to say that things can be done differently or better . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not enough to say ‘ I 'm sorry ’ . ’ |
| 23 | It 's not enough to say do n't have sex . |
| 24 | Yes I 'm getting there , I know I know I know myself I 'm getting there , it 's just Like say , it 's just taking a bloody long while . |
| 25 | For some it 's just enough to say ’ I was there . ’ |
| 26 | And it 's it 's almost like saying that the , if you take H R T er , this is in our sort of survey that you will in fact erm , reduce the instance of heart disease but ma , might you , in in fact , increase the risks of breast cancer . |
| 27 | It 's quite commonly said that twenty years ago the universities and colleges decided to treat students as adults and leave them to organise their own affairs erm and the argument about what to do in this area is n't an argument about whether it 's a serious problem , but about what are appropriate and even effective forms of intervention . |
| 28 | Economists say it 's too soon to say if the shopping boom marks the beginning of the end of the retail recession . |
| 29 | I mean it 's all right to say if you 're nice to them they 'll be nice to you erm it should come the other way round , that they should sort of respect other people 's property . |
| 30 | It 's all right saying , it 's all right for like the mothers of the animals would n't like if their children were killed and your children were killed you would n't like that . |