Example sentences of "[vb base] 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 | What was he like , you say , and what you want to say is what was he really like then ? |
| 3 | The final thing I want to say is that , standing in this College , I urge you to support the work of the creche which is here in Rupert Stanley . |
| 4 | ‘ What I want to say is this , there was a misunderstanding . |
| 5 | What I want to say is this . |
| 6 | What I want to say is I picked up some information in Gorstone about MacQuillan funding a terrorist group in Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | Anyway , all I want to say is — I 'm very sorry . |
| 8 | The other thing want to say is that think you 're in a special position in this country vis a vis the struggle in Ireland because Britain is the country which is ruling Ireland . |
| 9 | What I want to say is one thing about the public 's perception of the political scene at the moment . |
| 10 | Or you can do what I have just said , which is , say ‘ I , I 've made a mistake there , I think I 'll do it again , what I want to say is this . ’ |
| 11 | The girls at work keep saying are you getting as much attention as the chicks . |
| 12 | You see there 's a general principle there is quite a lot of information in that cupboard that I keep saying 's there , have a look and as we get stuff |
| 13 | All Im saying is that football is nt always a simple game . |
| 14 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 15 | What they do say is that the close coupling and phasing between the coprocessor and main processor makes a dramatic difference to coprocessor intensive applications , such as CAD , and will make a substantial difference to other coprocessor applications . |
| 16 | What we do say is that we will give you an opportunity erm er if you like a platform for er for earning good money |
| 17 | What you do say is good . |
| 18 | But what we do say is if Kim 's got a Wednesday evening and it 's only one , she 's only got one |
| 19 | But what I do say is I am a trustee I am a trustee not of farmer 's land not of your land Mr , not of your land Mr not of your land Mr every person in Leicestershire owns that land , they have got a mark and I 'll tell you sir four thousand five hundred signatures made in one weekend are saying to us you are a trustee of our land , it 's not your land , our land I keep hearing , it 's our land it 's not our land it 's the people of Leicestershire 's land and what the people of Leicestershire land are saying to us sir , they 're saying to us you can not continue this barbaric killing of foxes . |
| 20 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 21 | What I mean to say is … |
| 22 | Wh what I mean to say is I could n't in advance guess which field it was that you were going to want at any particular moment . |
| 23 | What you mean to say is — everyone 's scared of cancer and/or the bomb , so they put their heads in the sand and take up jogging and unrefined bran … |
| 24 | Oh yes I know what I mean to say is |
| 25 | My one success is with Michael Treacher , who Killick said was working on the comparability report with Summerchild . |
| 26 | Lord Aldington replied : ‘ This will be the hundredth time you say what I 've said is a lie , and it is the hundredth time you have made me very angry . ’ |
| 27 | And you begin to say things that do n't make any sense to people who do n't know what 's going on between you , but you know that the other person , to whom what you 've said is really addressed will know what you mean , even though he may not actually be there . |
| 28 | What you 've said is n't relevant . ’ |
| 29 | Doubtless you will find yourself in positions where what I 've said is worse than useless , and facing foes who have thought of tricks I would never have dreamed of . |
| 30 | And what I 've said is I , I am in a sense acting as devil 's advocate . |