Example sentences of "saying i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't mind saying I think he 's a lovely gentleman ! ’ |
| 2 | I do n't mind saying I do n't blame him a bit ! |
| 3 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm saying I 'm not spending the rest of my life in a Salvation Army hostel or a DHSS hotel or any other kind of hostel . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm fed up , sick , sick , sick to here with people saying I should be some other way ! |
| 6 | If you rationalise it by saying I do n't want a row because I 've got so much on my plate , it usually bounces back at you , often in an amplified form . |
| 7 | Mr Zivkovic replied : ‘ Are you saying I was not sent to my death ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In so saying I express no view whatsover as to the correctness or otherwise of the jury 's award ’ . |
| 9 | To Clair George ( who had been involved in managing the contra operation before the congressional restrictions , and was keeping well clear of it ) , ‘ he kept saying I have got to get out of this thing , I have got to get out of this thing . |
| 10 | ‘ But I wish people would stop saying I 'm anorexic . |
| 11 | I 'm not saying I would n't have enjoyed some torrid lovemaking . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not saying I lose sleep about it , but the prospect of making a howler in front of millions of people is a worry . |
| 13 | I will pin a note on the door , saying I have had to cancel all my appointments … |
| 14 | Well , like I was saying I was over in Israel doing research on the migration of birds of prey . |
| 15 | And then Boy cut back to the man on the bed , who was saying ( actually it was a different man in a different room , Boy realised ; the sofa and the quilted nylon counterpane were in a different colour in this room , though the man sitting there looked just like the last one ) , the man was saying I like your shoes , please take off your shoes ; and Boy cut backwards and forwards between this man and the politician beginning to lose his self-control and saying I would just ask people to forgive me really and to forgive my wife as well . |
| 16 | And then Boy cut back to the man on the bed , who was saying ( actually it was a different man in a different room , Boy realised ; the sofa and the quilted nylon counterpane were in a different colour in this room , though the man sitting there looked just like the last one ) , the man was saying I like your shoes , please take off your shoes ; and Boy cut backwards and forwards between this man and the politician beginning to lose his self-control and saying I would just ask people to forgive me really and to forgive my wife as well . |
| 17 | These days , of course , now that I am a grown woman , I would have little problem with saying I was feeling ill and suggesting we take a break for a few minutes . |
| 18 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 19 | I got a letter from Lee saying I 'd be carrying his bag for the 1968 Alcan at Birkdale and for the World Matchplay . |
| 20 | As in example , the Theban Crates flung all his possessions into the sea saying I had rather drown you than you should drown me . |
| 21 | I thought it was a nationality and went round saying I 'd met some strange women from Lesbia . |
| 22 | I made it easier for him by saying I was n't tired , I wanted to stay up and star-gaze , and anyway the sofa in the living area was very comfortable . |
| 23 | I make no excuse by saying I was a mere apprentice to Sam . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not saying I was n't robbed . ’ |
| 25 | Māilo 's eyes always had a disconcerting twinkle : whatever he was saying I was never sure if he was teasing me . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you saying I ca n't drive ? ’ |
| 27 | I 'm not saying I do n't like playing acoustic , mind , but it 's tough sometimes . |
| 28 | I make my excuses to Jaci , saying I must go and speak to Anthony Howard . |
| 29 | ‘ So now you 're saying I 'm ill-mannered ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , are you saying I 'm ill-mannered ? ’ |