Example sentences of "[pron] i am saying " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ , I seem to be saying where I am only because there is another use of ‘ Here ’ , as for example in answer to ‘ Where 's the thimble ? ’ , in which I am saying where something is . |
2 | What I am saying is that a lot of the common English objections to Ezra Pound have substance , and would be worth taking seriously , if only we could be sure that they were advanced in good faith , in humility , and with compassion . |
3 | What I am saying is this . |
4 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
5 | Of course , you may retort , as did Mr Graham whenever I expounded such a line during those enjoyable discussions by the fire , that if I am correct in what I am saying , one could recognize a great butler as such only after one had seen him perform under some severe test . |
6 | ‘ But , Mr Stevens , you do not appear to believe what I am saying . |
7 | What I am saying is not that culling is necessarily the right thing , but that these are genuine detailed practicable problems which must not be dismissed , as if they were easy , by solutions of the kind that I have just suggested . |
8 | I am aware that much of what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light . |
9 | What I am saying is that it is never too late to reformulate your goals : do n't give up and just accept your lot as if it were a sentence handed out by life . |
10 | Try to pick out the sense of what I am saying For instance , it so happens that my grandson , Henry now works in the Marconi laboratory . |
11 | Occasionally I get the unnerving sense that one or two people are paying attention to what I am saying . |
12 | That what I am saying is true . |
13 | To put what I am saying in more concrete terms : the dialect poetry of the Lancashire miner , say , is taken as a product of his particular cultural experience , which is different from the experience of public schoolboys or Rastafarians . |
14 | Yet , while other factors ( such as structure ) cause most of the breakdowns , it is undeniable that your faulty perceptions of what I am saying , and my faulty perceptions of what you are saying , can cause a whole chain of problems . |
15 | About individual differences , much of what I am saying here may not sound too bad , but many people will want to treat sex differences quite otherwise . |
16 | It will be objected that love-making necessarily includes an irrational , a Dionysian , element that is obscured by what I am saying at the moment . |
17 | He listens , and sometimes he inclines his head sympathetically , as if to get a better purchase on what I am saying . |
18 | nor reproduc duc tu tu tology , but what I am saying is that secrets store up trouble , and when doctors are |
19 | Do you understand what I am saying , Creggan ? ’ |
20 | I do not mean to imply that the biochemistry is primary , or any more fundamental in the reductionist sense than the physiology ; what I am saying is that changed biochemistry translates into changed physiology just as it does into changed behaviour . |
21 | What I am saying is that Mills was one of the MI6 officers with responsibility for WIN . |
22 | So what I am saying , is that there is plenty of time in the annual cycle for visits to museums and libraries , and the research itself can be fun . |
23 | ‘ Do you not hear what I am saying ? |
24 | What I am saying here now is not hearsay , this is what David telled us in his Bible meetings . |
25 | What I am saying ? she thought wildly , aware of the thumping beat of her heart , the tension in her whole body as she gripped the phone and waited for his curt reply . |
26 | What I am saying is , it depends on the person . |
27 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will contrive to listen to what I am saying on this complicated matter . |
28 | If we look at the rates proposals — I shall give way to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside — He does not want to intervene because what I am saying is right . |
29 | I am glad , however , that the hon. Gentleman is paying attention to what I am saying . |
30 | What I am saying is perfectly clear and straightforward . |