Example sentences of "saying you [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
| 2 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 3 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 4 | ‘ Just do n't go about saying you had a bang on the head . |
| 5 | In Europe terrorist groups were bombing capitalist targets ; in London psychologists were saying you had to live your own life in your own way and not according to your family , or you 'd go mad . |
| 6 | Stupid it was , saying you had to heat up a thing out of a lawnmower . |
| 7 | You , you were saying you had to visit each of those four lodging houses |
| 8 | " That 's about as stupid as saying you became a nurse because you get a kick out of emptying bedpans . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're saying you went to the office twice then ? ’ |
| 10 | He 's , yo I was saying you went there and you were n't impressed last time . |
| 11 | You 're always saying you wished you still lived in the country . |
| 12 | He was saying you taught , he , he taught him everything he knows ! |
| 13 | ‘ You 're actually saying you made a mistake in keeping women out of your life ? ’ |
| 14 | Why , only a couple of weeks ago you were saying you hoped they would n't even meet at the Family Day ; now you 're suggesting that she actually goes and stays where he works . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's the equivalent of saying you drank beer but did n't swallow it , ’ expostulated one columnist . |
| 16 | ‘ Are you saying you locked my mother in here ? ’ she demanded . |
| 17 | Oh I 'm not saying you nicked it I 'm I 'm I 'm thought I bought one . |
| 18 | ‘ I got an anonymous note saying you wore one of her rings on your shift last night . ’ |
| 19 | Are you saying you found illegal drugs on this property ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Are you saying you gave an incorrect treatment ? ’ |
| 21 | The most consistently bearish — well he is a Brit — Stephen Smith of PaineWebber , says that until recently , saying you did n't like IBM was ‘ like standing up and saying I do n't like apple pie . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Charlie 's not saying you did , honey , ’ his wife put in . |
| 23 | Er y no , I 'm not saying you did |
| 24 | ‘ Are you saying you did n't enjoy your meal after all ? ’ |
| 25 | erm , I understand that they might trade down , but equally there are a number and I can take you to the letters written to the if you like , are you saying you did n't realize that many of these people would have to budget , carefully budget |
| 26 | After you 'd totally devastated me by saying you did n't find me remotely attractive , I was left racking my brains to think of a way to change your mind . |
| 27 | That 's what I 'm saying , right , now , what I 'm saying is there 's a , that , that , is , there 's , there 's , there 's , there 's things , there 's things , there 's guides to be able to do that , right , and the guide is there 's certain things you do and certain things you do n't do , because what you do basically is that you close him on his final objection which is what you 're just saying you did , right , but you close him on his final objection , how did you manage to close him on his final objection ? |
| 28 | Sounds like you 're saying you caught me sulking or something like that no have you not seen it , he was in Inspector Morse as well . |
| 29 | I 've I , when I heard you saying you recognized his voice I thought to myself well perhaps he 's sort of inviting you to er , whatever ! |
| 30 | well not exact , obviously , I 'm not saying you remembered if it was a Tuesday morning or a Wednesday afternoon , but he gave you instructions according to Mr in February nineteen eighty seven , would it be about that time that you learnt of the instructions ? |