Example sentences of "[conj] i say " in BNC.
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1 | Before I had really recovered , I found myself at the railway station , where I said goodbye to Dulcie and we went our separate ways , promising to keep in touch , as one does . |
2 | ‘ I once gave a speech where I said that most of recorded music was like stuffed birds in a cage , that do n't sing . |
3 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
4 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
5 | So you 'll do as I say , when and where I say . |
6 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
7 | Or I said the money you do n't spend . |
8 | Or I say , yes , Chief Inspector- ’ His voice took on a mincing mimicking tone . |
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 | or I say chicken alright ? |
11 | Will you find it easier than me to say , what their . |
12 | 'Cause I said that before , and they go well why do you need to wait ? |
13 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
14 | The Cabinet did behave as a Cabinet and although I said earlier about the Treasury being forced to disgorge information when the DEA existed , that was n't the case to the same extent in 1976 . |
15 | Actually , although I said ‘ he ’ , when the body was examined it turned out to be that of a woman in male dress . |
16 | ‘ As to your first point , although I said that the members do n't necessarily all know each other , I have personally recognised every resident here in this Lodge . |
17 | Although I said to my husband when I was pregnant , what if I have a handicapped baby ? |
18 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
19 | We ought to really , although I said we 'll leave them a lot of behind than the dinosaurs . |
20 | Now going back to this handicraft , although I said I really did n't want to be committed to all the meetings , I 'm quite happy to carry on with the handicraft , providing you do n't expect me to turn up at every meeting . |
21 | I had started knowing nothing about houses , nothing about building , precious little about planning , and I ended up — although I say it myself — pretty well informed . |
22 | Although I say so myself , I am not without skill , having represented the county at schoolboy level . |
23 | ( I was getting quite good then , although I say it myself ) and I said : ‘ Now the King is here . |
24 | ‘ It 's done , and although I say so me'self , it 's one of the neatest jobs I 've ever performed . ’ |
25 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |
26 | What you might do , although I say you 'd reject this particular model and that |
27 | ‘ Although I say it myself , I 'm pretty good with a tin-opener . ’ |
28 | Although I say that this story could really happen , I doubt that there would be the character of Simon in reality as I think that a boy his age would realise the dangerous situation he was in , and join the other boys . |
29 | When I was arrested in August , one charge against me was that I said I wanted free elections , ’ said Mr Carnogursky , aged 45 . |
30 | And that was the film with the scene of the boy coming into the bar that I said I thought of when I saw Boy coming in sometimes . |