Example sentences of "i say [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say we 'll do what we always do . |
| 2 | then as I say we 'll discuss it towards the end . |
| 3 | ‘ I say we should find something sharp and stick it into it , ’ said a nome . |
| 4 | Erm firstly because as I say it may prompt him into doing something if we write to him saying you 're making an application to court yourself . |
| 5 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 6 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
| 7 | So I say I 'll ring him back . |
| 8 | I say I 'll put me feet up before we wash up |
| 9 | I say I will use it while I am here and give it back when I go . |
| 10 | very good , yeah , I say you could borrow my printer again , but that 's , that packed up you know |
| 11 | And I say to your father , I say you will kill 'er ! |
| 12 | I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over . |
| 13 | Trust me when I say you should have nothing to do with such drivel — make like a tree and leave it . |
| 14 | What if I say you can do what you like with my son ? |
| 15 | I mean , the Anaglypta we 're painting looks lovely , but as I say you can re-paint it as it goes |
| 16 | as I say she 'd have everything down , I think I , she definitely needs a big house , but not only that I mean she has to put everything up like |
| 17 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 18 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 19 | I done it , I did it all neat and tidy the whole way round till we got round to the door and I says you can do it , no way am I cutting round there big chunk |
| 20 | So I give him one here you are er I says you can have it . |
| 21 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 22 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 23 | so , I says I 'll meet you at quarter past twelve |
| 24 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
| 25 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 26 | We ought to really , although I said we 'll leave them a lot of behind than the dinosaurs . |
| 27 | because we have , because it 's for the children , so I said we 'll do it , but that gives us an awful crush to get it in Friday the first week |
| 28 | ‘ I said they would — I said we should find our own refuge ! ’ |
| 29 | Why should n't Fanshawe just have said to his wife , ‘ This young lady has missed her last train and since she lives in London I said we 'd give her a lift ’ ? |
| 30 | I said we 'd bring her . |