Example sentences of "[pers pn] be say [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , though , I am saying that being reasonable is partly a matter of falling in with the conventions — in time and place — of an intellectual form of life or culture ; and this surely raises the spectre of relativism . |
| 2 | In saying this , I am saying little more than that history , more or less as we have known it , will continue in the future ( if humanity has a future ) . |
| 3 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 4 | Erm why I am saying this because I have erm I know young people work with Guatemalans . |
| 5 | I am saying this in a letter because I am sorry to say I can not get to the next liaison meeting . |
| 6 | Congratulations , it is with immense gratitude that I am saying this ; I am fully aware of the dedication , the hard work ingenuity and imagination which has made it possible to celebrate a 40th Anniversary of the Medau Society . |
| 7 | Oh yeah I mean I 'm saying two a day , but erm if you can get three a day , I 'd prefer it because |
| 8 | I 'm having , I 'm saying simplistic things to him , what is , ten and seventeen ? |
| 9 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 10 | but , but then we are con , if the argument on the one hand is we should conform to what the government 's saying and I 'm saying that 's what the government says as one of the general areas we should address I ca n't be wrong both ways if you follow my drift ? |
| 11 | The Stephen They 're not all I mean I 'm saying that 's right but that some of them there are more than one answer to . |
| 12 | I , I what I 'm saying is I 'm saying that unemployment as a , as a as a condition , |
| 13 | And that 's why I 'm saying that , leading up to the Donovan Report and because I was caught up in a situation along with my colleagues , that we were changing a system er and you know , a new incentive scheme , that we were increasing production . |
| 14 | Well I 'm I 'm not some I would n't I would n't say that I mean I 'm saying that erm |
| 15 | Well there 's that I mean there 's all , there 's a whole range of things , there 's ghoulish voyeurism right , I mean that that 's important , there 's also the way the Royals have been peddled by the media over the decades and the fact that you know this has been how they 've been tendered this is what they actually are and that y you , you know what I 'm saying that erm or whatever it is between this is what they are , this is what we 've been and they do n't match , they really do n't match . |
| 16 | I 'm saying that you know you , you should er perhaps try to establish some underlying principles to your policy . |
| 17 | video , I 'm saying that 's to replace the video you used cos you record programmes for Martin |
| 18 | No I 'm saying that |
| 19 | no I 'm saying that |
| 20 | Well I was sa I 'm saying that 's what I did with it last year for my birthday . |
| 21 | I 'm saying that to you . |
| 22 | That 's what I 'm saying that 's Le Roy 's . |
| 23 | So I 'm saying that , you know , it 's got ta be a doubt . |
| 24 | I 'm saying that but I , went on holiday with Mary and I was three years older than Mary and mum said to me ooh look after her Mary ! |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know what I 'm saying any more . |
| 26 | This this is what I 'm saying last time that if you 'll work through it , understand it , Oh yeah I can do that , |
| 27 | Could n't you possibly — and I 'm saying this as a friend , remember — could n't you forget about her ? ’ |
| 28 | " I 'm saying this , Chuck , to remind you that it 's the rich and powerful nations that call the tune around the world , " continued the senator through a burgeoning cloud of pale blue cigar smoke . |
| 29 | I 'm saying this today . |
| 30 | But I 'm able to get quite a lot of information and I 'm saying this because you too can get it . |