Example sentences of "saying [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would get a better , I 'm not saying I 'd get a better shine than that . |
| 2 | ‘ Speaking hypothetically , are you saying I 'd have a choice ? ’ |
| 3 | I made Mrs Seale come with me in a cab from the theatre , saying I must visit a sick friend . |
| 4 | Now I just do n't think that 's rea realistic , that 's different from saying you may have a bail system , cos that 's what I thought you were suggesting and for people to b come into the ring as pension fund managers , they would have to perhaps to put up securities of a million pounds each to o operate in this area and that if they behave badly , if funds went missing , if it was proved they were negligent , they would lose their million pounds bail , just as people lose bail when they do n't turn up to court . |
| 5 | Obviously it could be done ; I 'm just saying you 'd need a pretty controlled and sophisticated setup to achieve consistency and accuracy . |
| 6 | I guess that 's fairly unusual , because travel agents in the past have n't spent money saying you can book a holiday at your travel agent , but erm we 've had a pretty high spend and backed up by window point of serve , so we have messages in our shop windows that you can buy a British holiday at Lunn Poly . |
| 7 | One resident had written to the council suggesting a secular group building might better suit the area 's needs , saying she would prefer a facility which would offer something for more of the residents . |
| 8 | The clubs countered by saying they would boycott a scheduled meeting between the WRU 's competition sub-committee and the leagues working party . |
| 9 | So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted . |
| 10 | He ran out into the wet streets saying he would find a taxi . |
| 11 | Since receiving this , he has contacted us again saying he would like a change . |
| 12 | This I did , and good old Dad was so nice about it , saying he would get a sheet of glass and putty at the week-end . |
| 13 | After saying it would produce a £200 facsimile-transmission unit designed to bring electronic mail to the person in the street , the PTT has finally acknowledged that the project is a non-starter . |
| 14 | Mr Don McKinnon , New Zealand 's Deputy Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister , was quick to welcome the French decision yesterday , saying it would remove a contentious issue in relations between the South Pacific countries and France . |