Example sentences of "[pers pn] was saying to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing . |
| 2 | I know what I was saying to myself , but myself was also my body ? |
| 3 | That 's what I was saying to Dennis , at any rate . |
| 4 | In becoming anorexic , I was saying to those who were in effect my social superiors , ‘ I can contribute nothing to the community ; look how little I have/am . ’ |
| 5 | As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married . |
| 6 | I have n't actually got a , a poem for this , I was saying to you that I would use this , I intend using this as a writing exercise , because the , the colour of her mouth and the colour of the piece of boot in the background , just stands out to me , it says , its about to me hidden desire of some sort , either the artist 's or hers or mine I do n't know |
| 7 | Erm and this is the reason why I brought this tape recorder , and I was saying to Bernard a moment ago , one of the most embarrassing things that can happen erm when talking to a group like this is when you pressed a button er whether it 's a , a tape recorder a video machine or whatever , you pressed a button full of confidence in all the latest technology and there 's an embarrassing silence . |
| 8 | I was saying to Pauline the other day , there 's some people you grow old with , willy-nilly , without noticing it — not that we are n't all wearing pretty well . ’ |
| 9 | Oh no dear , like I was saying to Basil , I do n't mind what people get up to . |
| 10 | . Oh no , as I was saying to Reed the other day , er Reed has joined our class by the way . |
| 11 | And as I was saying to Terry Heselton over coffee it could be Selby looking for its two hundred and fifty hectares . |
| 12 | so all that writing is actually surrounding your picture is n't it , you 've come up with your sensational picture and then you surround your sensational picture with your writing , I was saying to him with these little sub-headings like trapped , right , cost , holiday , okay which actually keep your reader hooked and make them want to read on . |
| 13 | Friendly enthusiastic , yeah , did n't use any slang erm the link was there , the attention to the client 's responses that was good , I was saying to erm th th that , that sales people tend to be a bit sort of more rabbit than Watership Down , you know that they 're |
| 14 | ‘ You overheard what I was saying to Victoria , did n't you , Doctor ? |
| 15 | I was saying to myself where 's it gone , where 's it gone , and praying to God , praying to God , and my thoughts went to the family for a few minutes . |
| 16 | I was saying to David this morning there was a on the police that was good |
| 17 | So I mean again I realized I had dug a hole for myself with the compressed funding but at the same time I was saying to myself oh yeah there is carry forward here er |
| 18 | No I was saying to Carol I hope tomorrow 's the last . |
| 19 | Anyway , erm Raymond was on the phone because he was tal and I was saying to Jim tell him I do n't want him to come if the ra if the road 's cut off to Blythe I do n't want him to get stuck , I mean , he 's got a wife |
| 20 | But , I was saying to Tracy , I ca n't see the point of going just to have a row , because that 's all it 'll end up , I do n't think they 'll get anywhere by having a meeting , I think they 'll just row . |
| 21 | I was saying to mum , it 's a shame because you could have somebody else . |
| 22 | Well we we I was saying to dad , I mean , this one that we were going to get was three sixty . |
| 23 | She 's , I was saying to her she 's too upset . |
| 24 | I was saying to this bloke at work West Ham must be the only positive transfer to give West Ham pay for about the last twenty five years |
| 25 | Well I was saying to Alison , the only thing I can do is when I phone him |
| 26 | and er , I was saying to old |
| 27 | Sort of , when we went to see Jan 's mother for Christmas , I was saying to myself yeah , mm this time last year I was on holiday from work |
| 28 | and I know la well some time when retirement was looking on the on the horizon I was saying to him you 're not alone but , you know , you 've got ta be looking towards being on your own because of course |
| 29 | and I was saying to myself , why should I be dropping off to sleep like this , it 's got ta be fumes you know |
| 30 | You ca n't do much in the winter , I was saying to George . |