Example sentences of "when i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I meant it when I said thank you . |
| 2 | When I said I fancied myself as a bit of a Rudolf lookalike , I meant Valentino ! |
| 3 | When I said I was a feminist he became abrupt , as if his time was precious , and told me he could n't help me . |
| 4 | ‘ I was extremely unfair , uncharacteristically , to Mr Kinnock when I said he had n't made his position on PR absolutely plain , ’ said Mr Patten , warming up his audience . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course it could be that when I said ‘ English expression ’ I meant expression in the English language . |
| 6 | When I said ‘ English ’ he started on some obscure anecdote in which I could make out little except the name ‘ Margaret ’ and the repetition of ‘ kato , kato ’ , ‘ down , down ’ . |
| 7 | When I said I did not have the sum he drew me even further into a corner . |
| 8 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 9 | But to my dismay he said he 'd got a local caddie for Birkdale , and that he 'd misunderstood me when I said I 'd caddie for him anywhere . |
| 10 | Murchison the Slinnart bobby was all for killing it and he had a stone raised to despatch it when I said no . |
| 11 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 12 | Uncle Geordie used to laugh and tell me not to be a fearedy-gowk when I said Skipper was trying to bite me . |
| 13 | But Uncle Bill always took me on his knee and cuddled me when I said I was afraid of Captain . |
| 14 | She got a big enough fright when I said : ‘ Excuse me , but your wee laddie is filling your bag with apples that I 'm sure you 'll not be wanting . |
| 15 | She telephoned offering to help when my wife was ill and when I said there was nothing she or anyone could do , she did n't keep fussing . |
| 16 | ‘ He was delighted when I said yes . |
| 17 | ‘ When I said Yes , he just said , ‘ Yeah , well , it 's here covered in blood , and we 've got two women 's bodies on the beach ’ . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He got annoyed when I said that though and said it was n't true , so I 'd like this time to say that although he appears to be very clever on stage and TV , in real life he is extremely stupid . ’ |
| 19 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't meaning to be rude when I said you had n't changed . ’ |
| 21 | Here is a man who antagonised me and bothered me for 16 months and when I said ‘ yes ’ to fighting him again , he said ‘ no ’ . |
| 22 | When I said goodbye to Mollie Green she announced , ‘ The next lunch is on me , Doc . ’ |
| 23 | What is the meaning of the word ‘ meaning ’ in our talk of meaning someone ( for example , ‘ When I said , ‘ Come here ’ I meant you , not Jones ' ) or of meaning something ( for example , ‘ When I said , ‘ Go to the bank ’ I meant the river bank' ) ? |
| 24 | What is the meaning of the word ‘ meaning ’ in our talk of meaning someone ( for example , ‘ When I said , ‘ Come here ’ I meant you , not Jones ' ) or of meaning something ( for example , ‘ When I said , ‘ Go to the bank ’ I meant the river bank' ) ? |
| 25 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 26 | She did n't believe me when I said I was sure it was because she was n't taking the carriage far enough over to the right , clearing the pattern selector . |
| 27 | ‘ With respect , sir , when I said a minute , I meant just that . |
| 28 | Seems I was wrong when I said there were just two common ways of arranging fuel and water tanks . |
| 29 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 30 | When I said the book under review covers everything , I mean it . |