Example sentences of "[conj] i [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now erm in the main the most the people who go and talk , if they talk genuinely to their their other half or I always say partner instead of , nowadays that 's politically correct I think , erm then they so they 're they 're a lot of the times they 're talked out of it . |
| 2 | He hopes to be there again next year ‘ although I always say ‘ never again ’ straight afterwards and then a few months later remember how much I enjoyed it . ’ |
| 3 | Well er , I put the suggestion to you that I just said . |
| 4 | No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ? |
| 5 | Well I 'm , as a matter of fact before that I actually said that er this , all this that I am doing on your behalf is completely free of charge |
| 6 | or that I ever said , We must jump into the sun , |
| 7 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 8 | It 's something that I usually say , Leave till the last . |
| 9 | You 're like every other man I 've ever met , you assume a woman who looks like me ca n't feel complete without a man , but , as a much wiser woman than I once said , a woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle . ’ |
| 10 | I was British enough not to want to reveal my name to a stranger , so I just said , rather coldly : ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So I just said : ‘ Poppycock ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ They were being really awkward , so I just said right , that 's it and walked out — and I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps he said that for the benefit of Signor fragolli , so I just said , ‘ OK . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I felt very pressurised and did n't know what to say , so I just said : ‘ Yes ’ . ’ |
| 15 | And I they were addressed to him and they were from the council and I simply said , er wrote on the outside erm no longer here , address not known . |
| 16 | And I nearly said , but I did n't , I I I could have said , well , look what she got er out of her her husband . |
| 17 | there must be a reason you know , they , they went well so I 've got sixty of them , they take them with me tonight and they said would there be any cakes available for Saturday and I , I think and I nearly said to erm , well last year you reckon you could n't sell cakes , but anyway I helped her |
| 18 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 19 | So I got very , very depressed about it all and I just said to the officers , ‘ Put me in my cell and leave me alone . |
| 20 | I told Mum to sit down , and I just said , " Joanne is pregnant . |
| 21 | ‘ I grew up when that kind of modernism was running rampant — it still is — when to be a respectable composer meant that you had to acquire a defiantly difficult style and I just said to myself , ‘ surely there 's another way to do this ? ’ |
| 22 | We 're er I was asked a question earlier on today erm how many assignments will I be looking after in any one time and I just said one . |
| 23 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 24 | Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ? |
| 25 | They only er showed me the rooms , they do the bookings and I just said |
| 26 | Erm and I just said , I said I used to housekeep there and at Nutton Oh ! |
| 27 | In fact , on all the windows wired up now , and I walked up to him , and I just said , would you like to give to me , son , and he turned round and looked at me , and to my great surprise he gave it to me . |
| 28 | And I said he finally managed to pluck the guts up to tell me last , plucked the courage up to tell me last night and Andy 's eyes light up and I just said erm and I said |
| 29 | And I just said , I 'm not walking around with a hundred and fifty quids worth of money . |
| 30 | And then she came to me and she said , take four of us away and I just said , No I 'm sorry he wo n't . |