Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er or I 'm saying erm my weaponry . |
| 2 | And it is against the background of this kind of ethnographic experience that I am saying that the recognition of a distinction Natural/Supernatural ( Real/ Imaginary ) is a basic marker of humanity . |
| 3 | All that I am saying is that I strongly suspect that those periodic catastrophes make more showing in the stratigraphical record than we have hitherto assumed . |
| 4 | It is perfectly true that some of the things that I am saying today I have said before ; that is because they are true . |
| 5 | Congratulations , it is with immense gratitude that I am saying this ; I am fully aware of the dedication , the hard work ingenuity and imagination which has made it possible to celebrate a 40th Anniversary of the Medau Society . |
| 6 | And just in case it is suggested that I 'm saying the end justifies the means , let me confirm that I 'm not . |
| 7 | Er , the economic situation is is entirely their fault , er , not that I 'm saying that the Labour would do any better , but erm I 'd like to see a bit more er , a bit more opposition from the er , from the Labour party and er , not so much direct action , but saying , you know , things do not have to be like this ! |
| 8 | Now please do n't think that I 'm saying this for the benefit of somebody else . |
| 9 | All … all that I 'm saying is that I would like my job and what I do ideally to be like that . |
| 10 | It 's not that I 'm saying anything against them . |
| 11 | I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother ! |
| 12 | I 'm not , I 'm not I 'm not putting it on you anyway mostly it 's c mainly fucking Catherine , I 'm beginning to s not like her any more the way she 's going and do n't you dare mention a word of this that I 'm saying to you |
| 13 | The only area that I 'm saying is in need for careful consideration is that related to risks associated with the possibilities of food poisoning and very high-risk food handling . |
| 14 | M sh you see that I was saying , to be a farm labourer in those days you 'd got to be a clever man , you 'd got to know how much wheat to shove to an acre , no waste , you see ? |
| 15 | We 've covered a lot tonight that I was saying |
| 16 | but you see there , that I was saying to Penny |
| 17 | I would not wish here to be thought to be saying more than I am saying : my phrasing of the proposition is intended to stress the negotiation by which meanings are shared among us — not to presuppose some innate psycholinguistic stratum which can be laid bare by mere exposure to the ebb and flow of the dialectic . |
| 18 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 19 | ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’ |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | ‘ This is the time , and I am saying what I mean with all my heart . |
| 22 | ‘ And I 'm to say ? ’ |
| 23 | And I 'm say |
| 24 | So I 'm standing up and I 'm saying : Be careful , because it wo n't be long . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Could n't you possibly — and I 'm saying this as a friend , remember — could n't you forget about her ? ’ |
| 28 | But I 'm able to get quite a lot of information and I 'm saying this because you too can get it . |
| 29 | it was chicken pox and I 'm saying to myself it 's very infectious . |
| 30 | it moved somewhere else and I 'm saying I 'm looking at it |