Example sentences of "i 'm [verb] [to-vb] is " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Anyway , what I 'm trying to say is that I find myself looking around more .
5 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 ?
6 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 .
7 All I 'm trying to say is that the Brotherhood think they 're a law unto themselves .
8 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 .
9 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
10 ‘ I suppose what I 'm trying to say is that …
11 ‘ What I 'm trying to say is how grateful I am , and how miraculous it was , but that 's it .
12 What I 'm trying to say is , everyone joins for their own different reasons , you ca n't generalise that .
13 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 .
14 What I 'm trying to say is that yo , i now you got ta order another to , forty six .
15 yeah , what I 'm trying to say is that , that the Germans , on one German captured about four hundred blokes
16 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
17 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 ?
18 Oh I 'm trying to say is in this country pay so much . . .
19 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
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 But what I 'm trying to explain is that at night the hrududil have great lights , brighter than Frith himself .
25 Gedge told The Legend ! in an NME interview in April 1986 : ‘ When we play live I can sometimes come across as glib or arrogant and find that people take exception to what I say when all I 'm trying to do is talk to the audience . ’
26 What I 'm trying to do is chair a meeting and to prevent what happening what 's just happened when people start jumping up and shouting I do n't think that 's productive ways to chair any meeting or allow that to happen .
27 What I 'm trying to do is rub against the grain of Thatcherism , not with it . ’
28 ‘ What I 'm trying to do is not to revive that , but to use the conventions in a modern context ; flexible , fluid symbols , which can be read in numerous ways . ’
29 All I 'm trying to do is to establish where your father 's Datsun was on that night , and then stop wasting your time . ’
30 What I 'm trying to do is trying to get it the way it will be in an exam so , cos in an exam you 're
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