Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [coord] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to her when , when he was finished I said it 's good enough cos you 're sure what you you 're doing but I said |
| 2 | But before you can use the calculator , you need to understand what you 're doing and you say , My calculator 's got the cube root on it . |
| 3 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
| 4 | I 'm sure that he has not said to you that you can do work other than your religious studies at the moment , so that 's what you should be doing but you say he has and we will check it later . |
| 5 | He was asked if he 'd been drinking and he said he 'd a glass of wine . |
| 6 | One lady thought we were turfing and she said could we turf the lawn for her ? |
| 7 | Several people were listening but nobody said anything at first . |
| 8 | I asked the copper in the back if that was where we were heading but he said , ‘ Just follow , ’ so I did , and it was . |
| 9 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 10 | and the other chap that brought it round was very nice and we were talking and she said we worked at Panasonic and I said to him said yes , and I , I said oh I know somebody who works for Panasonic , and she said oh they probably know each other and she told me . |
| 11 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 12 | at our house the other Saturday , she were playing and she said , I said , what did you say ? |
| 13 | Oh that 's very nice of you but I did n't know whether you were or not and she phoned , no I phoned her and she 's going and she said she 'd come for me so |
| 14 | I know that 's all I 've got , everyone 's going and I say blah blah blah blah blah and then someone else comes up and says what 's that Walkman for and it 's really beginning to annoy me . |
| 15 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 16 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 17 | It was my first baby and I was panicking and he said there was no need to panic ! |
| 18 | And we was walking down Street when a soldier was coming and he said er , You want to er you want to make haste home me lads the Zeppelins are about , you see . |
| 19 | Of his talk with Mr Yeltsin , Mr Clinton said : ‘ We just talked about what he was doing and I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia . ’ |
| 20 | But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album . |
| 21 | He was sitting and he said oh I 'll write Iris a few lines . |
| 22 | So umm we was chatting and I said oh it 's your birthday on Sunday . |
| 23 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 24 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |