Example sentences of "say [is] that i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 What , what you 're saying is that I mean broadly this is , is quite an incentive based system , at least on the face of it
2 What you 're really saying is that I 've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices .
3 I mean , what I 'm saying is that I 've come across many of dem who try to speak the Jamaican language , er , the Jamaican Patois , but how they speak it is totally different , becau' they 've got the English accent , and um , dey , becau' they 've got the English accent they try to speak the Jamaican local Patois the same way and in doin' so it sounds really terrible you know it sort of sounds you know it 's really funny .
4 ‘ All I 'm saying is that I think we need to be apart for a while , come down to earth , if you like .
5 So , I mean what I 'm saying is that I think we should have a league table if you like of , of attendances , I , I recognise that that may not be popular , but I think it 's going to be one way of sorting out those people who attend every opportunity , and sometimes just to pat an officer on the back .
6 If we 're gon na do a deal then we , we , we have some to drive it through but what I 'm saying is that I think that if you have this meeting I , which is what February the second ?
7 If I 've got this right , then what you 're saying is that I do n't need to feel any jealousy about the multiplicity of your sexual partners , because you 're married .
8 Well what I am saying is that I do n't think it is his primary concern .
9 I would say : if you want to talk of my thinking it in such circumstances then the least misleading thing to say is that I think it in saying it .
10 Anyway , what I 'm trying to say is that I find myself looking around more .
11 All I can say is that I doubt I will be asked to join the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team .
12 All is can say is that I hope England get him , with any luck we 'll be saddled with a manager that appreciates Rocky 's talent .
13 All I can say is that I failed , and in this particular case I regret that failure . ’
14 ‘ All I can say is that I recognise the incredible enthusiasm that there is for this sport among a section of the listening public — especially Daily Telegraph readers .
15 All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night .
16 You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values .
17 Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and .
18 ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works .
19 All I 'd say is that I do n't quite agree with Stuart 's description of that summer with Oliver .
20 Now I am able to say that Barton Willmore has done this work , and it has submitted as part of our submission to the E I P , and in summary what I would say is that I believe that that work demonstrates that the new settlement has to be in the order of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , to begin to achieve the environmental objectives set for the new settlement , and also social objectives which would also be important to the residents of that new settlement .
21 All I will say is that I reject as a model of justice the view which has temporarily gained favour in many developed societies : namely , the view that each person is entitled to what he can get , and let the next man look out for himself as best he can .
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