Example sentences of "i say that i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I say that I recommend them because they were er excellent . |
| 2 | You will understand , I 'm sure , when I say that I hope Jessie has found peace by now , and is no longer a drain on you . |
| 3 | When I say that I mean I 'm operating without back-up . |
| 4 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |
| 5 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 6 | I think , while I say that I want children , and do I have a child , that i , it 's not made particularly easy . |
| 7 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 8 | But forgive me , Lord , if I say that I have no inclination towards another marriage . ’ |
| 9 | I say that I have been sick with flu . |
| 10 | It is in my body qua sensitive that sensations occur ; and the occurrence of a sensation in some part of my body qua sensitive is all that I mean when I say that I feel a sensation in some part of my body . |
| 11 | ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’ |
| 12 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 13 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 14 | Erm , I certainly do n't do it , the way that I say that I do it . |
| 15 | In London I work through three agencies — you note that I say that I work through — I do n't know what you guys get in Rome , but here it is through … that 's most of the time … ’ |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | I said that I hope to breed the fish in this tank , but at the moment there does not appear to be any indication of willingness to breed on the part of any of the fish . |
| 18 | But he said er , and I said that I gather you 're seeing Lynda the weekend if you do find anything perhaps you could pass it on to her . |
| 19 | Okay , yes I agreed for the er the price but I said that I have n't seen the work . |
| 20 | Chairman and I , I still stick to wh what I said that I think that we ought to reverse and , and p put two to number one erm er and with the addition of those words , because |
| 21 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 22 | Well I think that when I said that I think that given a man and a woman of equal qualifications I was assuming that that had been taken into account . |
| 23 | I said that I couple of the |
| 24 | Finally may I say that I hope that ( most days ) you enjoy reading this book as much as I ( most days ) enjoyed writing it . |
| 25 | Can I say that I hope Mr or or whoever writes for the County Council would n't use the form of words , but erm although I am instructed by my clients that they would be satisfied with the change to a single triangle , erm I do n't think that they would be satisfied if you in making that change , you accompanied by a form of words which said the County Council are still committed to building an outer . |
| 26 | Now will I say that I have kissed the loveliest maiden in England . |
| 27 | Keep flashing me to say that I 've got my headlights on so I , when I , I give them flash back to say no I have n't . |
| 28 | Being on the side of the deer , let me say that I become steadily more dissatisfied with the anachronistic system of Highland estates and landownership . |
| 29 | But , if I can take it ( given you 've stuck with me so far ) that I 'm preaching to the converted , then let me say that I think the GR-1 is a vast improvement on the GR-50 in terms of sound and ease of approach . |
| 30 | But let me say that I think it 's not in principle difficult . |