Example sentences of "i [verb] [subord] i say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see what I mean when I say it 's nothing new , it 's been endlessly talked around . |
| 2 | But you will no doubt also understand what I mean when I say it is not at all easy to define just what this quality is . |
| 3 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 4 | And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on . |
| 5 | You know sometimes I like as I say they 've got |
| 6 | ‘ My line of work pays well , but I suppose if I say I prefer to live simply , too , you 'll call me a liar , ’ Paige challenged indignantly . |
| 7 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 8 | But I 've as I say I 've got memory banks in for your number and Gertrude 's number and the three |
| 9 | I notice if I say something rude something happens and I think oh |