Example sentences of "[was/were] just saying " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were just saying , ’ murmured Bromley , ‘ that we did n't expect any foreigners here . ’ |
| 2 | You were just saying , you know , that we should just walk in the streets and things like , but I would just not walk out in the streets at night , I 've got to be in the car with the doors locked and , and I just would n't walk out in the streets at night , not because any thing has happened to me , but its just through what I 've heard , I 'm just terrified . |
| 3 | We were just saying , were n't we ? ’ said Werewolf loudly . |
| 4 | What we were just saying Cath was , we was just trying to look at the , the tape that 's just come from Marcus , the erm the film and |
| 5 | You you were just saying about us not knowing . |
| 6 | funny mind , we were just speaking about funerals not that long ago and you were just saying like er you remember the , when he died , |
| 7 | We were just saying you ought to be good at that . |
| 8 | And people were just saying to me what 's the matter ? |
| 9 | No , we wo , we were just saying like that it 's a shame because like maybe some of them have been made redundant or |
| 10 | We were saying , we were just saying maximizing sales as in more otherwise it 's sales potential rather |
| 11 | We when we got the song first and recorded we we were talking one day and we were just saying it would be an ideal song for Children in Need you know so we decided that we 'd er donate all the proceeds from this track on the video and album and the concert in Stockport , it 's tomorrow night is n't it ? |
| 12 | We were just saying that today I said she 's gon na have flipping massive erm calf muscles when she 's older . |
| 13 | We were just saying that . |
| 14 | I was just saying what it was like . |
| 15 | He was just saying : Tweed is somewhere ahead of us but in this fog — Then he let out the most chilling yell — Ahhhhhhh — and the link went blank . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend , there she is scribbling again . ’ |
| 17 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just saying to Sally , why do n't you come out with us on Saturday ? ’ |
| 19 | She was just saying stuff . |
| 20 | ‘ I was just saying , if you had n't sent Mr Giresse out when you did I hate to think what would have happened to me . ’ |
| 21 | And Ros was just saying I mean sh on that , on that Friday she 's due to be in work on that Friday night and it comes on a day she 'll paid time off aspect . |
| 22 | Actually we was just saying that . |
| 23 | Accused of being insolent , the private may say : ‘ No I was n't , sergeant , I was just saying I 'd been cleaning my boots . ’ |
| 24 | So I was just saying that this year it would be hopefully everybody will go through it . |
| 25 | I was just saying that during the course of today I hope you 'll complete a questionnaire . |
| 26 | And I was just saying I 'm going to have to go down there . |
| 27 | t to disobey what John was just saying in those previous few verses . |
| 28 | She was just saying something , anything , my name , to establish communication . |
| 29 | But I was just saying , here let's have a little look at this as he pops it off now . |
| 30 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |