Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | As Lewis tells us in the preface to the published version of this book , his initial reaction was to wish for anonymity , ‘ since if I were to say what I really thought about pain , I should be forced to make statements of such apparent fortitude that they would become ridiculous if anyone knew who made them , . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ Even if I were to say you are right , you would have no proof . |
| 5 | As I said at the beginning I think one should be wary about using the word natural , because sometimes people use it you know to promote something you know like on advertising you know it 's natural , must be good for you , but at the same time there are certain things that are natural that are very bad for you like death and if I were to say you know death is natural , nobody would think I was advocating suicide of course not . |
| 6 | So erm , for instance , if I were to say , gee what is the essence of balm cake ? |
| 7 | Now , if if I were to say , let us now have that conversation using erm , |
| 8 | Yes , yes yeah , I mean , I think if I if I were to say to you , shall we sing the National Anthem , we 'd say , oh no , no , no . |
| 9 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 10 | If I were saying here that I do n't approve , then obviously it would be of no value , it would just be generation gap inanity , but it 's not that , and approval does n't come into the equation . |
| 11 | So if I was to say to you that you can take him to the Justices if that 's your pleasure - " He turned and fixed Sir Gregory with eyes that radiated hatred from beneath fiery brows — " I do n't think you 'd like that , would you ? |
| 12 | So if I was to say we 've we 've picked our area , what potential instructions do we have do you think , let's say we 've got a good , quite now , what potential instruction do we have with that particular area , that arena rather ? |
| 13 | You see if I was to say to you , right well I am gon na go out and purchase something , I 'm gon na get something and give it to you as a gift |
| 14 | Now if I was to say erm er if I would have no doubt of course if if I did n't know about your connection with John . |
| 15 | What if I was to say inauguration |
| 16 | But if I was to say it , it 's different . |
| 17 | No I was saying if I was saying if I was going to spend that on raffle tickets , it would n't matter if I was getting |
| 18 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 19 | And if I 'm saying I really want to do less for the cracker bar now , because that was hard pushed . |
| 20 | You 'll have no choice if I 'm saying they 're dirty , I shall inspect them in daylight so |
| 21 | It 's a bit like if you like the difference between working with nice constants nice numbers if I 'm saying |
| 22 | Well , like I was saying I was over in Israel doing research on the migration of birds of prey . |
| 23 | Now , like I was saying , duck , ’ she continued to me , ‘ they did n't spot as she was carrying the two until the first come on . |
| 24 | Anyway , like I was saying , any jumped-up little nerd can come along , work on a route for a month and get it wired , then go down in the book as one of the greats . |
| 25 | ‘ Anyway , like I was saying . |
| 26 | Oh no dear , like I was saying to Basil , I do n't mind what people get up to . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , like I wuz sayin' , this Angel One character 's still on th'loose . |
| 28 | She stopped me in town funny enough erm oh a good couple of weeks ago like , she says to me oh have you heard , cos I was saying about oh we 'd seen something in the shop , it was ever so nice , I said oh I 'm too fat for that she said ooh have you seen , she must be erm infat you know bloody infatuated with dieting |
| 29 | No it was n't it was me cos I was saying that if yo , if your pen did n't work . |
| 30 | myself , you know er cos I 'm saying I said , how many 's that that 's been into that doctor ? |