Example sentences of "saying [conj] we [am/are] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | general letter to the police saying that we 're intending to do these surveys , just putting them in the picture and put a note in that erm once , you know , dates and whatever , you know , we 'll give you further details as and when we know |
| 2 | Erm so you say , are we saying that we 're gon na leave the police till we 've got some dates ? |
| 3 | a London colloquialism has been used , Napier were saying that we 're doing the tutoring we would be happy to set the exam paper but with say |
| 4 | I 'm not saying that we are getting there , it 's going to take time . |
| 5 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 6 | I am saying that we are confronted , beneath a language which is often common to both parties , with two competing moral philosophies , and that the language of partnership is a mirage , a deliberate and partisan disguise for the fact that one of those philosophies holds power while the other comes from beneath the underdog . |