Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] was saying [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I mean I was saying to this bloke well can you think of anywhere where we might be able to , oh no no no ca n't think of anywhere . |
| 2 | Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing . |
| 3 | Remember I was saying to you about the whole of the rag trade ? |
| 4 | Lead words , if you want to sit down and , in , in general you see er , you want to just sit down and think about what you 're doing and what you 're not doing , you can sit down and exercise on these words , now I 'm not saying you 'd ever want to do that , right now if , now you know I was saying to you about comparative questions right |
| 5 | Anyway , so erm he said , but you know he was saying to them that er , it 's not just at the bottom end , he said , in our village in Wales we 've got the Sun have now positioned two reporters who have lived in the village the these the they sit in a car outside his house day and night |
| 6 | He just says I mean he was saying to June |
| 7 | and er and erm and Joe was saying this to Shrimpy I think , or so I think she was saying to Shrimpy |