Example sentences of "[pers pn] says [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says what do you them with ? |
| 2 | Cos I said to young George , his son , I said he came when I was painting the sills and I says what do you do when it 's frosty when you start to work ? |
| 3 | So on Friday he tried to pull same stunt again so I says oh no you 're not , I says we 're not playing at that , I says chuff that for a lark , I says what do you think you 're playing at ? |
| 4 | I was that busy trying to convince him that he had to er go to doctors cos I says what did they actually do ? |
| 5 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
| 6 | I says he gets bleeding worse him . |
| 7 | erm set of numbers , erm any way he was coming round and I just kept saying well I 'm stuck a minute , he says why , I says it does n't look right he says well why does n't it look right ? , he said well why does n't it look right ? , |
| 8 | the same as still er raw and it did n't dawn on me , but then , oh I says it 's got ta be , I said it 's got ta be the |
| 9 | the flames so I says it 's got ta wait , so |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Do you know I calculate , I went on to him other night and I says you 've only nine week |
| 12 | Oh Carole came in er Saturday night I says you 've no skirt on looking for John , I said |
| 13 | I says you 've just wasted it , er tried to say she had n't had it like , yeah I I 'm not in turn it off you been hospital ? |
| 14 | I says you know your friends are always welcome , you do n't have to ask . |
| 15 | And er I says to him , I says you know , wha what do you think ? |
| 16 | oh I says you know I was hoping she was gon na , you know |
| 17 | I says you hear what I said I 've got I explained a bit to him he says , I tell you what , there 's something going down He says they do n't make nothing there , he says , but they buy anything and everything . |
| 18 | I says you put it there , I said cos you used it last ! |
| 19 | I says to him you could of taped that for your mum , I says she 'll like that , he says I forgot , ee I says you tell me I 'm going senile |
| 20 | I says you have n't |
| 21 | He he says I give it to Maggie , I says you did n't give it to Maggie I says you give it to Linda 's lad . |
| 22 | but Geoffrey says it , cos I says you got ta hit back you got ta do it , he says yes its all very well but its not just Stuart , its been Blankley , Da , Ja , erm Daniel its a load of them and they all get together its this Daniel bloke , bash his head in , I would really , I wish somebody I 'll bloody threaten him , I really do you know your big mates , bloody , he 's got no older brothers , I mean all your bloody six formers , I 'm sure they could frighten the little twat |
| 23 | He says no , he says we 've thought about it , I says well you really ought to have it I says if you 're dial dialling a lot of erm , cos they dial a lot of these insurance companies and er mortgage lenders , the head offices , they 're always out in Ottingham , I said the Mercury pin number only cost you seven pound fifty a year , I says you think you can save that in a week so er ha so erm he was on about it , he says who 's the cheapest for that ? |
| 24 | I says you gon na talk ? |
| 25 | He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well . |
| 26 | I says no , I says you give it to erm and I 'm trying |
| 27 | He he says I give it to Maggie , I says you did n't give it to Maggie I says you give it to Linda 's lad . |
| 28 | Well somebody 's been he says , I says it were Linda , I says with little'un , I says you give it young'un , he says I did did n't I ? |
| 29 | So I says I tell you what I 'll do , I 'll take you only he can drive it . |
| 30 | I says I left it there for your . |