Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
(humorous) Draws attention to something that has just happened that conflicts with what the interlocutor had said.
A: There isn't much crime around here any more.(A and B suddenly witness a crime take place.)B: ...You were saying?
What was that?" Jace said. "Sorry, I think I fell asleep for a moment. Do, continue with whatever mesmerizing thing you were saying. Cassandra Clare
What was that you were saying just before the food arrived? Something about me... no competition... best thing that ever happened to you... Suzanne Collins
Excuse me, Bane?" said Roderick Morgenstern. "Are you attending?" "I'm so sorry," Magnus said politely. "Somebody incredibly attractive just came into the room, and I ceased to pay attention to a word you were saying. Cassandra Clare
I heard what you were saying. You - you know nothing of my work. You mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing. Marshall McLuhan
There were some things that needed to be said even if the person you were saying them to didn't understand; words that must be released from their trapped place where their flapping to get out could cause internal damage. Patti Callahan Henry
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying. Jessica Savitch