Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I work hard at dull , practical things , she thought , and so everyone thinks I must be mature and reliable and sensible ; but really it 's because I ca n't cope with the other things , the things that are frightening and dangerous . |
| 2 | Someone thinks I should pay them ten thousand pounds . |
| 3 | So I goes come here , and I give them to John I goes I 'll take them John and I paid . |
| 4 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 5 | ‘ Tell th'what — if I wins I 'll treat thee . |
| 6 | Well she says if you 'd of come to Sandra 's she 'd make you something , I says I know Eileen and so would I as well , I says I would n't have anybody coming in and bringing them sandwiches , I mean if somebody knocked on the , on our door one day from Queensbury and we did n't know they were coming and they 'd brought sandwiches with them |
| 7 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
| 8 | So I says I would n't phone in , I 'd let you know and you could do it and I 'll pay you myself , I do n't mind , you know , losing a day 's pay . |
| 9 | we were only thinking about it this morning and I says I would n't mind a break , you know , like , cos , I mean aunty Mary 's always inviting us , and , and we were talking about the cat |
| 10 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 11 | I says I ca n't find them , I found them . |
| 12 | so I er what you call it , I took it back and I says er there 's summat wrong with this one , I says it 's got a line or whatever it is , I says I ca n't get it off . |
| 13 | cos Kenneth come up early on , he says it 's like this night he says I 'm not properly , ah right , I says I might I says were that like , I says , I says what time ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So I says I 'll pop down and go inside to see what like it is . |
| 16 | so , I says I 'll meet you at quarter past twelve |
| 17 | Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! |
| 18 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 19 | No I did n't I says I 'll think |
| 20 | Cos I , I says to Sarah go on we 'll have a listen to it and we stopped it anyway I says I 'll t I 'll take it off if you want , he says no leave it . |
| 21 | I says I 'll have three . |
| 22 | I says I 'll Gods our original er our authorisation . |
| 23 | I do n't know when he goes , I have n't heard the story properly , cos I was upstairs and , er well Ron was half way upstairs and Eileen come on to the landing and I was in the bathroom , so I says I 'll come down , no she says you need n't bother cos we 're not staying we 've only just er come to see how you are |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | Yes she come yesterday afternoon I sat and I says I 'll have a go , I says then I had flu did n't I ? |
| 26 | know nothing after that , but anyway I said it will , I 'm putting this away so I 'll have a hundred pound then and if she does n't come I says I 'll have a hundred pound for |
| 27 | I says I dare n't fancy going out in this I went upstairs and er , it 's always the same in n it ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | So she were just having a crumpet , she 's but butter were all melting , I says I can just picture now running down your chin and |
| 30 | I says I 'd like a rise . |