Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What I mean to say is … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ What I mean to say , ’ replied Robert , ‘ is that I feel I need to know where I stand . ’ |
| 5 | What I mean to say it 's not very , it could be appreciated if they about it , but we just er left to do it and then tell him afterwards the bits . |
| 6 | Oh yes I know what I mean to say is |
| 7 | If I end up back there , she might just be interested enough in what I got to say to do some investigating of her own . ’ |
| 8 | WHAT I CAME TO SAY |
| 9 | " What I came to say was , if you check with the Council , you will have confirmation : No. 43 is now an agreed squat . |
| 10 | " Eddie , I 'll tell you what I came to say . |
| 11 | ‘ Let me say what I came to say before my nerve goes . |
| 12 | Do you know what I trying to say ? ’ |
| 13 | That 's what I had to say about it . |
| 14 | She did n't stop me talking , but neither did she reply or make any comment on what I had to say . |
| 15 | ‘ There were a few kids who came up to meet me and said that they were n't going to vote until they heard what I had to say . ’ |
| 16 | He listened to what I had to say about the procedure still to be gone through and hoped that they would soon hear whether Balbinder had a place . |
| 17 | When I conducted a " phone-in " on sleep and dreaming on a local radio station a few years ago somebody called in to ask what I had to say about flying dreams . |
| 18 | I shall not attempt to repeat what I said then , for repetition makes bores of us all in the House ; I am glad , however , that the scepticism that greeted what I had to say about the benefits of a single European currency has since been replaced by understanding and support in several quarters . |
| 19 | The Aldershot principally because it gave a structure to what I had to say at least went up there fairly confident of what I had . |
| 20 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 21 | In fact I sat next to her at a lunch in Abingdon a few years ago , and erm this image one got of her of not being a listener is totally untrue erm every time she turned to me it was to listen to what I had to say . |
| 22 | That 's what I meant to say . |
| 23 | It was n't what I meant to say , but that 's the way it came out . |
| 24 | ‘ What I meant to say is , I do not feel any animosity to you , signorina . ’ |
| 25 | I think it 's what I 'm aiming for , what I want to say about myself . ’ |
| 26 | I feel I can encapsulate the feeling in the music and then say what I want to say in a direct manner . |
| 27 | Sometimes he finds it hard to understand what I want to say , but he does n't mind how long he waits while I repeat it , and he always understands in the end . |
| 28 | ‘ I know what I want to say but I am not a millionaire and can not afford to see my family dragged into that kind of thing , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm just a regular brother who had a chance to say what I want to say , ’ he insists . |
| 30 | And here I come to the crux of what I want to say . |