Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am just saying that we have no other alternative . |
| 2 | I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ? |
| 3 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 4 | If you play professional tennis , then it is even more important to have good technique because I am always saying that in a draw of 64 or 128 people , they are all watching how you play and of course they will find out what is happening with your game . |
| 5 | I do not wish to convey a sense of complacency ; I am merely saying that the Northern Ireland economy has done very much better in the latest recession — and would have done better still had it not been for the appalling IRA atrocities that make inward investment so difficult . |
| 6 | I 'm simply saying that because of the nature of our interest in guitars and playing , that 's the way it is . |
| 7 | I 'm not disputing that , I 'm simply saying that perhaps we have a management problem here where we could be doing things differently and I 'd like to hear some positive suggestions from housing officers as to how you can address that . |
| 8 | Erm I 'm simply saying that there is a possibility of a an inner relief road taking some of the traffic , an inner northern relief road , taking some of the traffic that might otherwise have remained on the A sixty one . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm simply saying that Sarella disclaimed all rights to Uncle 's bequest before becoming engaged to me . |
| 10 | I 'm just saying that he is here . |
| 11 | I 'm just saying that things might be less confused , and less dangerous , if he could soberly entertain the idea of being homosexual . |
| 12 | I 'm not saying , twenty-five years later , that big Dave 's metaphor was quite as incisive as Virginia Woolf 's , I 'm just saying that I know now why he was n't entirely wrong . |
| 13 | And that is als , I 'm just saying that it 's a very dangerous |
| 14 | Yeah I 'm just saying that it will be ready next term . |
| 15 | No I know , I 'm just saying that all they sent was a , a statement book . |
| 16 | I 'm just saying that they could 've gone |
| 17 | Right now I 'm here to say that ‘ MOR ’ is cheeky and angry and much too big for its platform boots ; in other words the single the Manics always should have made . |
| 18 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 19 | I 'm merely saying that their interpretation of certain policies is not coincident with my own . |
| 20 | I 'm merely saying that Gramps could not have been the father of her child ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm only saying that he might be . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was simply saying that I 'm not a total stranger to your country . ’ |
| 23 | So I was just saying that this year it would be hopefully everybody will go through it . |
| 24 | I was just saying that during the course of today I hope you 'll complete a questionnaire . |
| 25 | ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman . |
| 26 | I was just saying that to Dad here this morning . ’ |
| 27 | I know but I , I was just saying that she |
| 28 | I was just saying that in that respect there 's not really much between John Major and Margaret Thatcher |
| 29 | Which is also to say that it is not the case that there is no connection , or that a category mistake is involved in the mere comparison . |
| 30 | They exist ‘ merely as a means ’ which is only to say that , lacking language and self-consciousness , they are unable to plan and debate projects of their own as do moral agents . |