Example sentences of "but i [be] say " in BNC.

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1 But I am saying that the phrase ‘ there occur mental processes ’ does not mean the same sort of thing as ‘ there occur physical processes ’ , and , therefore , that it makes no sense to conjoin or disjoin the two .
2 We can pick over whether the peak age is 15 or 18 , but I am saying that crime has doubled .
3 Old friends from many years ago they probably would n't call me a friend but I am saying that er very er
4 But I was saying about Help the Aged , Check Your Tax .
5 But I was saying , but it 's , when she used to lie in here Albert .
6 but I ai n't had chance to say to you , but I was saying to cos when I called in and see you think about it he
7 Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it .
8 , but I was saying any way I like
9 She started writing to him and she did n't wan na , she do n't like him , she hates him , but I was saying like yeah go on !
10 No but I was saying that , Thou I am with thee always , that it would n't say
11 ‘ Then the lion looked up and said ‘ I do n't know about you , mate , but I 'm saying grace before meals . ’
12 I 'm not saying , I 'm not drawing any conclusions until I know but I 'm saying I think it 's an area that is perhaps worth investigation .
13 In an ideal world of course they 're not but but I 'm saying if if you 're looking for a quick fix then that 's a quick fix .
14 I know you do Chair , you know what you 're doing but I 'm saying it 's a waste of time us having to move one .
15 Whatever , whatever they are , no , you 've got tabs there , but I 'm saying do n't use those up yet , they 're not tabs for stuff that 's going to be behind , they 're actually for pages and so on .
16 No but I 'm saying I 'm not gon na be able to run around for eighty minutes being .
17 No I 'm not , but I 'm saying that some people probably have a natural , a natural teaching ability .
18 Yeah , but I 'm saying , that 's how that 's the deal is like , and it seems reasonable .
19 Yeah but I 'm saying they 're not paying they have n't got ta pay for that machine .
20 well see how , but I 'm saying it 'll be due , it 'll be due the same , the same
21 yeah , but I 'm saying what you could have , not what you bloody want , you
22 No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in
23 Yeah , but I 'm saying , do n't tip it up cos the tops broken
24 Ah but I 'm saying he is the hard one of the hardest blokes in Shields .
25 Yeah , well , what but , but I 'm saying is it 's not the antibiotics it is n't the
26 No , no , but I know that , but I 'm saying that that 's what I meant , that 's what I meant .
27 Yes but I 'm saying if I had a member of my family there , I would definitely want to know what was going on .
28 But I 'm saying , you do n't want any cake , I do n't want any , Arthur does n't want any , dad does n't want any , Angela does n't .
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