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 |