Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er or I 'm saying erm my weaponry . |
| 2 | At the same time , the atheist is perfectly entitled to claim that whether or not there is some special difficulty involved in defining ‘ God ’ , anyone who uses the word must be clear about what he or she is saying . |
| 3 | ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , he has said that and I am saying , I am saying , as somebody who has been in the front line against this violence , and with due respect to Mr Major knows a little more about it than he does |
| 5 | ‘ This is the time , and I am saying what I mean with all my heart . |
| 6 | So I 'm standing up and I 'm saying : Be careful , because it wo n't be long . ’ |
| 7 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 8 | but , but then we are con , if the argument on the one hand is we should conform to what the government 's saying and I 'm saying that 's what the government says as one of the general areas we should address I ca n't be wrong both ways if you follow my drift ? |
| 9 | Could n't you possibly — and I 'm saying this as a friend , remember — could n't you forget about her ? ’ |
| 10 | But I 'm able to get quite a lot of information and I 'm saying this because you too can get it . |
| 11 | it was chicken pox and I 'm saying to myself it 's very infectious . |
| 12 | it moved somewhere else and I 'm saying I 'm looking at it |
| 13 | Oh dear , and I 'm saying to myself it was chicken pox |
| 14 | And I have to talk to him on the phone and I 'm saying speak to him very well . |
| 15 | And I 'm saying , it 's time I was out , I 'm gon na be late . |
| 16 | I went and got last night and I 'm saying to him , now give me your numbers . |
| 17 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 18 | and I 'm saying you 're alright , she 'd have left buggy at your house anyway cos you were walking , you would n't have had buggy with you then so you 'd got ta come back this way had n't you ? |
| 19 | think of your lad 's name and I 'm saying you give it to erm tt erm oh yeah I remember , but he 'd already told me off . |
| 20 | Cos a I I 've got the contracts right in the Body Shop , we got Karen she used to work in Superdrug , and she came in there the other day and I 'm saying , och , do you know Michelle ? |
| 21 | Well I promise I wo n't keep them more than that , but this coming from a party that 's brought about that , and then being critical of others and the lack of intent , I think the he said it right at the beginning we have a very good education system , and I 'm saying we 've got one despite this Government . |
| 22 | MINTO : Paxford and I were saying it was so clear . |
| 23 | Which , you know , Alan and I were saying we were a bit concerned about because he 's doing i such a good job I think on the lobbying , that North Yorkshire are not going to be flavour of the month in terms of ministers or senior civil servants |
| 24 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 25 | That 's what Julie and I were saying that when you live on your own you get a bit like that . |
| 26 | ‘ And I was saying , ’ Rozanov growled , ‘ I expected it will be truly international . ’ |
| 27 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 28 | Erm and this is the reason why I brought this tape recorder , and I was saying to Bernard a moment ago , one of the most embarrassing things that can happen erm when talking to a group like this is when you pressed a button er whether it 's a , a tape recorder a video machine or whatever , you pressed a button full of confidence in all the latest technology and there 's an embarrassing silence . |
| 29 | We talking about this and I was saying about coming from construction I says I 've says I 've to go up the cut like |
| 30 | Anyway , erm Raymond was on the phone because he was tal and I was saying to Jim tell him I do n't want him to come if the ra if the road 's cut off to Blythe I do n't want him to get stuck , I mean , he 's got a wife |