Example sentences of "really [verb] say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a cursory ‘ Ireland will be free , ’ the politician then adds with glee ‘ but what I really want to say is thank you mother , thank you father , thank you … ’ and heads off into the normal ‘ thank you auntie Doreen ’ award winner 's speech . |
| 2 | And what he really meant to say was , you ca n't use money as a er a as a sort of parallel to energy , but paradigm does n't mean parallel , it means something , something different . |
| 3 | Caroline had smiled and said yes , it was , but what she 'd really wanted to say was that she doubted if Nicolo had ever hesitated about getting what he wanted in his entire life . |
| 4 | What I 'd really meant to say was : Can I go home now ? |
| 5 | What Mr Eggar really meant to say was that there has recently been a high level of success in finding new oil and gas fields in UK waters during a worldwide downturn in exploration . |
| 6 | Yes , you get that , you 're always getting an , an impression , that I do n't need that quality of service , but what they 're really trying to say is I do n't want to pay that price . |