Example sentences of "[pers pn] saying " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ What was I saying ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What am I saying ? |
| 3 | ‘ No , of course — of course not — What am I saying . |
| 4 | What was I saying ? |
| 5 | ‘ What on earth was I saying ? ’ |
| 6 | What am I saying ? |
| 7 | Please , do n't get me wrong , I am not condoning Welsh ( or any other team 's ) dirty play , nor am I saying that England are notoriously bad for it . |
| 8 | When I say , ‘ Now I see it as a duck ’ , am I saying that I have a certain Lockean visual sensation — that is , that the figure appears to me , in a non-concept-dependent sense of ‘ appears ’ , in a certain way — which I have found I always have when I am led by the accompanying text to apply the figure in a certain way ? |
| 9 | The problem here seems to be this : am I saying that a child is responsible if and only if we declare her to be so , given that she knows what she is doing ? |
| 10 | " What was I saying , Hazel ? " he asked . |
| 11 | What am I saying ? — Could I pull the chain on my bread-and-butter ? " |
| 12 | God , what am I saying ? |
| 13 | ‘ What am I saying , what do I care about the lights ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What am I saying ? |
| 15 | PLAYER : What am I saying — seven . |
| 16 | What was I saying when I was interrupted ? |
| 17 | ‘ Oh my God , what am I saying ? |
| 18 | ‘ What was I saying before that ? ’ she said . |
| 19 | What am I saying ? |
| 20 | So what was I saying ? |
| 21 | No , what am I saying ? |
| 22 | Right erm right what was I saying yeah erm slow down , what 's the other way have a drink of water yeah . |
| 23 | What am I saying as we sit here talking about this rather strange difficulty that we find ourselves in ? |
| 24 | Ooh no I ca n't , I can remember where we bought it , we bought it in Hillsham and we paid about two hundred pounds for it , I know , erm , what was I saying ? |
| 25 | Why am I saying all these . |
| 26 | ‘ So , what was I saying … ? |
| 27 | ‘ What am I saying ? |
| 28 | Erm , erm , what was I saying . |
| 29 | er , what was was I saying , the I do n't know what George has all the customers , I mean , she 's is n't even particularly |
| 30 | No what was I saying , oh yeah , when the machines at work break we got the fitter there cos you 've always got a fitter about , ai n't you , when they go wrong ? |