Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean saying things like a successor has already been identified . |
| 2 | We have to say the English one and I hate saying da-da-da so I make my own one , an Indian prayer and say it . |
| 3 | No it 's to much of a , I hate saying I 'll go out at eight o'clock and tell him to be home and at quarter too eight he has n't come and oh , I 'm to tired really , but , so I 've always played it that I will help when I when I can , but uhum , I do n't go on the committee , cos then your stuck , you 've got to go . |
| 4 | I seem saying it all the time . |
| 5 | As he notes in his autobiography , he was torn between the conflicting demands of American and F1 racing : ‘ I recall saying to Peter Revson at the time that I really envied the hell out of him . ’ |
| 6 | Thus I was , albeit subconsciously , prepared for his death , and I recall saying to my mother when she broke the , news one morning that " I thought something like this might happen . " |
| 7 | ‘ The first man I hear saying anything bad about our mistress will receive this in his face , ’ and he banged his great heavy hand down on the maltster 's table . |
| 8 | The number of people that I hear saying things such as I do n't remember stepping over people in the street five years ago and it 's true , in this city I do n't actually remember doing that , not with the frequency with which it happens today and your government and your party has no record to shout about , absolutely none . |
| 9 | I like saying that cos ' I 've been practising . |
| 10 | I mean maybe soon after you maybe I 'll say look well you know blah blah blah you got you know I like saying that I did n't like kind of bloke but not like she 's such a fucking bitch and all this . |
| 11 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 12 | I remember saying to myself , ‘ Clever Clogs ! |
| 13 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 14 | And I remember saying to Schwimmer at one point , what are you going to do , have a caravan of 707s for those Hawks of yours ? |
| 15 | And I remember saying to him , but you can only get twelve Hawks on a 707 … |
| 16 | So Ollie had to change his passport and hand up another passport and I remember saying this guy plays in the big leagues . |
| 17 | I remember saying something at home about Watson the gardener . |
| 18 | I remember saying , ironically , ‘ Sugar in the petrol ? ’ and Ronnie shrugging and saying , ‘ What do you expect ? |
| 19 | I remember saying that there were dangerous days ahead which would call for faithfulness and courage , quoting the text from the Psalms : ‘ He will not be afraid of any evil tidings , for his heart standeth fast in the Lord . ’ |
| 20 | I remember saying to him ‘ I have to look after my national sporting body ’ . |
| 21 | I remember saying there was no choice . |
| 22 | I remember saying two words |
| 23 | ‘ She was sitting in the back of this car , all dressed up , and I remember saying to her , ‘ You do n't have to do this , you know ’ . |
| 24 | Deriding the value of the committee of the regions , he tried to demolish Mr Salmond 's case for entering the Government lobby in exchange for SNP representation on the European committee , by repeating the comments he made on it when he was the party 's foreign affairs spokesman : ‘ I remember saying , with the approval of my leader , that it is merely an advisory body , advising another advisory body and has no powers of any kind . ’ |
| 25 | And I remember saying one time to our doctor |
| 26 | Cos I mean , I remember saying that , they , he knew somebody that had a catheter for two years ! |
| 27 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 28 | ‘ I find saying ‘ hearing aid ’ embarrassing , ’ she confides . |
| 29 | But in August , as the selectors were putting together their plans for the winter , I started saying to Gatt : ‘ Why the bloody hell has he got that end , I want it . ’ |
| 30 | having said that it 's getting them , getting them back is n't it to do it what was I gon na say before I started saying something did you |