Example sentences of "[pron] say [subord] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He 's stuck with that girl I say cos I mean she 's a lot older than he is , but they 're stuck together yeah , cos Carol must be near my age |
| 3 | and it jerked me , but she said it 's a muscle been pulled and it 's , it keeps spasm so she said er , could of been nasty , said I dare n't tell him , cos I says if I tell him it was his fault , I says he 'll never give me another ride , it 's again Thursday night coming back , and his car , you know the car kept , bump , bump , bump , bump , bump |
| 4 | ‘ Someone who wanted to do what you 've just done , ’ I said as I followed him inside . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's time you went , ’ I said as I watched him go but I did n't mean it . |
| 6 | I said because I feel I 'm being . |
| 7 | You say as I understand it that er the possible er use of this land as a strategic reserve is not the main reason er for excluding it from the greenbelt . |
| 8 | She says as I say I 'll have to wait and see what she says , because she said , you know when weather gets better , oh I says you 're better off waiting while it gets better weather |
| 9 | So she said well I 'll change it she said because I tell you why , we send them back every , every so long , often . |
| 10 | yeah , and she said erm she said they were n't so bad to me she said when I told them who I was living with . |
| 11 | This is what she said when I asked her how she came to write the novel . |
| 12 | She said you she said when I think she said I normally pay sort of fifty sixty pound a head present she said . |
| 13 | She said well at least I , you know she said if I thought they 'd get only pass I would n't put them in . |
| 14 | She said if I found you I had to ask you to dinner . |
| 15 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 16 | She said if I send it back it 's gon na be nineteen pa it 's seven pound to get a thing back ! |
| 17 | I still ca n't make up my mind what exactly to do about trying to get a university place or something like it , and I would feel better , I think , if we could talk about what you said when I visited you . |
| 18 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I was pregnant ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I could make your contract disappear ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ? |
| 21 | Anyway I 'm not saying a word to him , I 'm gon na wait and see if and what he says because I say it 's making me angry . |
| 22 | I would feel very happy that there was an under , under provision if I , if I refer to the agenda item twelve , where it says if I read it right that there is twenty three point six percent industrial floor space unoccupied at present and I would have thought it was crazy to start er erm coming up and building even more cos it will just put that figure up will it not ? |
| 23 | and when we were having this argument on Wednesday he said I said we what what was your reason then for not paying me for that when I was genuinely sick and he said er oh he said because I gave you such a good bonus last week , I said what was that then , he said erm twenty five pounds , I said no you did n't ! |
| 24 | He said well I give you that Avenger estate he said cos I thought you were building your house , that 'll be handy for you you know yeah you did and you let me down badly ! |
| 25 | Chris said , it was there at eleven o'clock he said cos I thought it was , somebody had spilt something . |
| 26 | And what was it he said cos I heard him say yes , yes . |
| 27 | He said if I thought he was going to be the Hindu Salman Rushdie , I was mistaken : he saw himself more as a Hindu P. G. Wodehouse . |
| 28 | He said if I left him he 'd demand custody of the Merc . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Er , I ca n't remember , ’ he said when I asked him who he was interviewing the following week . |
| 30 | ‘ Bring a bowl of ice , will you ? ’ he said when I reached him . |