Example sentences of "[am/are] saying [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you , you , you I , I know what you 're saying but I mean it 's , it 's plain |
| 2 | Well you do know th th that you 're saying that they want to make a particular point strongly and er that that might involve erm an elephant in of bad taste in order to make it striking and to make people look at it and think about it . |
| 3 | We 're saying that we 've got two of our our particular sub-patterns matching . |
| 4 | It 's very difficult , because you 're , again , I mean , we 're saying that we do n't get positive feedback , how many of us truthfully give positive feedback through to our staff ? |
| 5 | you 're , you 're , you 're saying that I 've got to do ? |
| 6 | Alan me for me , mathematical but I accept what you 're saying that you mean numerical for most of that alphabetical as as opposed |
| 7 | ‘ You 're saying that you 've not seen him since I half carried him out of your place early yesterday ? ’ |
| 8 | Well you 're , you 're saying that you build up information about so you 're actually writing that information on these |
| 9 | you have a really amazing time they 're saying when you get high this happens then it can usually result in this |
| 10 | in Baywatch you do n't understand what they 're saying when you read it . |
| 11 | But we 're saying if you look at , right , these two factors , one is the you 've got land reform er on absolute egal du n no what you call it grounds , the other is that you 're getting the peasants to do it themselves |
| 12 | I do n't , I do n't I mean I do n't quite agree with what you 're saying cos you seem to be saying whatever party 's in power in local government it 's gon na be exactly the same |
| 13 | I know what you 're saying and I think you 've taken leave of your senses . |
| 14 | That is what they 're saying and I think that that can only be seen as eminently reasonable and I think that that Edward has hit the nail right on the head when he says look if this issue is not properly considered locally there can be no alternative if Government fails in its duty to call it in in the in the interests of of the local communities and the region at large , then it will have to go to Brussels . |
| 15 | No I know what you 're saying and I do n't know why you should |
| 16 | Right , right I know what you 're saying and you 've got to be very very careful . |
| 17 | and , I am saying that they have n't got the lease |
| 18 | ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 20 | Oh , Sally-Anne , do you never think of what you are saying before you say it ? — all in the most sorrowful manner , no doubt . |
| 21 | Many of us are saying that we 've had enough . |
| 22 | Non-users are saying that they need to seek information but the catalogue does not contribute to fulfilling that need . |
| 23 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |
| 24 | Do n't clench your fists tensely , or get so enthusiastic about what you are saying that you wave your arms about and knock over the wine . |
| 25 | And the Americans are saying if you build that we pull out our our , our aid to you . |
| 26 | I need interpreters in my surgery who can speak Punjabi , Urdu and Gujarati , otherwise I can not understand fully what my constituents are saying when they have complicated immigration problems . |
| 27 | But what we need to do as well , is to listen wha to what the churches are saying as they address these issues . |
| 28 | I do n't mean art should be as clear as the instructions on a packet of seeds ; I 'm saying that you trust the mystifier more if you know he 's deliberately choosing not to be lucid . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm saying that I think you do n't care about the stupidities of convention . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm saying that I think he could have done . ’ |