Example sentences of "as i [be] saying " in BNC.

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1 Well , as I am saying , that obviously is the liability that the dealer has , because obviously he 's sold the goods to the purchaser .
2 ‘ Pah — there are n't any male ones either — not since Sibelius and Cézanne — however — as I was saying ( among ordinary people ) physical strength used to matter , but now most of the hard work is done by machines , so it does n't wash any more .
3 Maggie paused , then went on , ‘ As I was saying , my own mother used to make steak-and-kidney pudding .
4 Anyway , as I was saying , it attaches itself to a tree .
5 I was obliged , as I was saying , to spend some uncomfortable minutes standing in the drawing room yesterday afternoon while Mr Farraday went about his bantering .
6 ‘ Anyway , as I was saying , Will , you could be … . ’
7 Anne : As I was saying , I need some time off next week …
8 As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married .
9 ‘ Anyway , Miles , as I was saying
10 As I was saying , that would certainly not be in your best interests . ’
11 As I was saying , ’ Patrick Milligan continued , once his youngest was out of the house , ‘ if the best came to the best , and your sister married the old codger , we could be in clover .
12 As I was saying .
13 As I was saying , Constanza was twenty-one .
14 As I was saying , progress was slow .
15 Er right as I was saying there 's two iron oxides one named because of its colour and the other one named because of its properties .
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17 As I was saying .
18 We should export more , as I was saying .
19 As I was saying , Christina , I can assure you that Tropical Island Interiors will take all the worry and stress out of furnishing Crystal Springs Hotel . ’
20 As I was saying , I 'd pushed their occupancy rates up by 40 per cent by the time I left , and headed up a worldwide promotional campaign that got Mandarin more free press exposure than ever before .
21 As I was saying , it 's a god-awful hole .
22 And as I was saying about all this , you 're saying What did my Mother do to eke it out ?
23 And that was I it was , as I was saying in early January .
24 I knew it was silly as I was saying it .
25 As I was saying , none of them do anything constructive and that 's probably why they 're all going mad .
26 Anyway , as I was saying , Tim … ’
27 As I was saying , I went round and Daddy took me to a French restaurant he knew . ’
28 Keeping the best for last , as I was saying earlier ?
29 As I was saying , Superintendent , ’ he said , spinning back to Blanche , ‘ I really do understand your problems but we do have to get back to normal at some stage .
30 But as I was saying … ’
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