Example sentences of "as i [be] say " in BNC.
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1 | Well , as I am saying , that obviously is the liability that the dealer has , because obviously he 's sold the goods to the purchaser . |
2 | Then , serious again , he continued soberly , ‘ Anyway , as I wuz sayin' , I do n't think we 've anythin' to worry about as far as this Angel One fella 's concerned . |
3 | ‘ Pah — there are n't any male ones either — not since Sibelius and Cézanne — however — as I was saying ( among ordinary people ) physical strength used to matter , but now most of the hard work is done by machines , so it does n't wash any more . |
4 | Maggie paused , then went on , ‘ As I was saying , my own mother used to make steak-and-kidney pudding . |
5 | Anyway , as I was saying , it attaches itself to a tree . |
6 | I was obliged , as I was saying , to spend some uncomfortable minutes standing in the drawing room yesterday afternoon while Mr Farraday went about his bantering . |
7 | ‘ Anyway , as I was saying , Will , you could be … . ’ |
8 | Anne : As I was saying , I need some time off next week … |
9 | As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married . |
10 | ‘ Anyway , Miles , as I was saying … |
11 | As I was saying , that would certainly not be in your best interests . ’ |
12 | ‘ As I was saying , ’ Patrick Milligan continued , once his youngest was out of the house , ‘ if the best came to the best , and your sister married the old codger , we could be in clover . |
13 | As I was saying . |
14 | ‘ As I was saying , Constanza was twenty-one . |
15 | ‘ As I was saying , progress was slow . |
16 | Er right as I was saying there 's two iron oxides one named because of its colour and the other one named because of its properties . |
17 | As I was saying the er |
18 | As I was saying . |
19 | We should export more , as I was saying . |
20 | ‘ As I was saying , Christina , I can assure you that Tropical Island Interiors will take all the worry and stress out of furnishing Crystal Springs Hotel . ’ |
21 | ‘ As I was saying , I 'd pushed their occupancy rates up by 40 per cent by the time I left , and headed up a worldwide promotional campaign that got Mandarin more free press exposure than ever before . |
22 | As I was saying , it 's a god-awful hole . |
23 | And as I was saying about all this , you 're saying What did my Mother do to eke it out ? |
24 | And that was I it was , as I was saying in early January . |
25 | I knew it was silly as I was saying it . |
26 | As I was saying , none of them do anything constructive and that 's probably why they 're all going mad . |
27 | Anyway , as I was saying , Tim … ’ |
28 | ‘ As I was saying , I went round and Daddy took me to a French restaurant he knew . ’ |
29 | Keeping the best for last , as I was saying earlier ? |
30 | ‘ As I was saying , Superintendent , ’ he said , spinning back to Blanche , ‘ I really do understand your problems but we do have to get back to normal at some stage . |