Example sentences of "[am/are] say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I , what you 're saying 's quite valid I mean , i if you 've got a situation where you have been successful and you 've got an accumulation of stuff that 's been recovered from robberies , at least it gives you some method of returning it to it 's previous |
| 2 | When it comes down to it , all you 're saying is that the likes of Tina Turner and Mick Hucknall have created a bloated travesty of soul . |
| 3 | All they 're saying is ‘ a HUGE , absolutely HUMONGOUS quantity of MONEY ! ! ! ’ . |
| 4 | So what you 're saying is that Cabinet government in the eighties has been a matter of trench warfare with exchanges conducted in the shape of mortar fire . |
| 5 | Men do n't usually conduct loud , enthusiastic duologues about rural delights ( not English men , anyway ) and it was even more unusual to hear someone butt in with ‘ Excuse me , I could n't help overhearing , and what you 're saying is absolute rubbish . ’ |
| 6 | What they 're saying is ‘ get us the hell out of here and be quick about it ’ . ’ |
| 7 | What you 're saying is you 'd like to see more amateur productions ? |
| 8 | ‘ I mean , if you believe that , then what you 're saying is women basically do n't want sex , but if they have enough food stuffed down their faces , they might be persuaded . |
| 9 | ‘ So what you 're saying is that Bernard 's the only person who knows when the hit on Mobuto 's going to take place ? ’ |
| 10 | I mean you could have , if you have basically what we 're saying is that you have a whole load of of subject reports and on the top of it you 've got form tutor report |
| 11 | What you 're saying is |
| 12 | ‘ I know what you 're saying is right , Eve , but I 'm not sure I 'm man enough to do what you suggest . ’ |
| 13 | So essentially , what you 're saying is we 've got the erm the sort of environmental checks in place , to help |
| 14 | So that , what they 're saying is sierra stands for S , oscar stands for O. |
| 15 | But what you 're saying is that when you accelerate — when you go faster and faster in an upwards direction — as you did coming out of that big drop — it 's like adding extra gravity . |
| 16 | What we 're saying is that , that we 're gon na have we we 're gon na put a bid in |
| 17 | So y what you 're saying is that sixty three percent of patients in America presenting with B P H have a flow rate above fifteen a and voiding pressure below fifty , right ? |
| 18 | So so wha , what what you 're saying is , it 's all just nonsense ? |
| 19 | So so what you 're saying is it was not related that credit was refused , not because of that fact that say people were actually on benefits , cos er the same person actually somewhere else would would probably get It 's the very fact they actually live in the flats , that actually has largely accounted for people not being able to get credit . |
| 20 | So what you 're saying is that erm as most people are s such a high percentage of people in the flats , have pr have erm serious problems , it means it 's basically th basically that all all their energy goes into actually trying |
| 21 | Er what what they 're saying is , P Q P going round this way , P Q R S , is a rhombus . |
| 22 | So you so you would n't vo So what you 're saying is woul |
| 23 | ‘ What you 're saying is , these three fucking murderers we 've got in cold storage have all committed crimes identical to ones committed by Peter Lawton , Mathew Bryce and Trevor Magee , right ? |
| 24 | ‘ What you 're saying is , ’ she said , ‘ that one should n't even whisper it in the wind on the hill-tops because once said a thing can never be unsaid ; that expression gives power to thought ; that even the clear though unspoken formulation of a nebulous impression may be dangerous , giving it a force and potency which silence or merely a lack of clarification would deny to it . ’ |
| 25 | If I 've got this right , then what you 're saying is that I do n't need to feel any jealousy about the multiplicity of your sexual partners , because you 're married . |
| 26 | This is what you 're saying is n't it ? |
| 27 | So what you 're s so what you 're saying is that erm one of the consequences could be that even as people are being rehoused from , one of the risks is that other people who are on the h waiting list |
| 28 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 29 | Now what we 're saying is , this is your hospitals . |
| 30 | ‘ What you 're saying is : they deserved to be killed . ’ |