Example sentences of "i 'm saying " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm saying I 'm not spending the rest of my life in a Salvation Army hostel or a DHSS hotel or any other kind of hostel . |
| 2 | I 'm saying nothing . |
| 3 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing . |
| 5 | ‘ What I 'm saying is this . |
| 6 | What I 'm saying is , ‘ Here am I sitting in a tin can ’ sounded exactly like a Simon and Garfunkel record , and the rest of the song was lifts from everything else . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm saying that the me-ness of my consciousness was once Ewan Famber . ’ |
| 8 | And just in case it is suggested that I 'm saying the end justifies the means , let me confirm that I 'm not . |
| 9 | What I 'm saying is that he would n't have taken her out into the woods . |
| 10 | ‘ What I 'm saying is do n't make yourself easy , Jo … ’ |
| 11 | She had her reasons , is what I 'm saying . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm saying that officially the WS organization is now run by Buckmaster 's wife , Leonora . |
| 13 | I 'm saying that in my experience there is too much argument and not enough discussion in processes of government generally , and I believe we would make more progress by a more discursive approach . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ he answered softly , ‘ I 'm saying that I now consider the IRB to be of only secondary importance . ’ |
| 15 | Sally , are you listening to what I 'm saying ? ’ |
| 16 | All I 'm saying is that worry can make you thin . ’ |
| 17 | I know what I 'm saying . |
| 18 | ‘ You know what I 'm saying . |
| 19 | What I 'm saying is important . ’ |
| 20 | What I 'm saying here is that , if you fancy one , it should be checked out carefully in the shop before parting with the ready folding , even though , for the price , you 'd have to go a very long way to beat it . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm saying that I think you do n't care about the stupidities of convention . |
| 22 | I get hassled when they disagree with what I 'm saying but not hassled in the sense of ‘ you 're an awful fellow ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm saying , ’ said Hogan wearily , ‘ that it 's a new kind of situation . |
| 24 | ‘ All I 'm saying , George , is that you should n't expect any help from us . |
| 25 | Not that anything 's wrong , it 's just that there 's time for that , that 's all I 'm saying . |
| 26 | ‘ Then the lion looked up and said ‘ I do n't know about you , mate , but I 'm saying grace before meals . ’ |
| 27 | HALL : ‘ No , what I 'm saying Tommy is that Graeme has subsequently apologised , he 's made apologies . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | That 's all I 'm saying . ’ |
| 30 | What I 'm saying is — well , you have to learn to live in those places , Mr Holly . |