Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] to [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Hello darling , come on I said to her when she goes back to Tumbletots I shall expect big things of her .
2 And a bit later on I says to him I think he 's at Cadets .
3 No , when I take something on I stick to it , like underpants to a wall .
4 Miss Sowerby — by now an enthusiastic convert — and I had taken turns at massaging the damaged calf muscles , and suddenly I said to him , ‘ Jimbo , just imagine it 's you that 's making the muscles move . ’
5 He would not come to me in Paris ; so I went to him .
6 So I went to you and I said June .
7 So I had to they said oh you were the shop steward .
8 Well she said that you 're going to join up at centre and that Lil , and that Lil so I said to me
9 So I said to him , ‘ If you want to drive the Glory move your finger . ’
10 So I said to him it was fine ,
11 So I said to him
12 So I said to him well mammy wants a freezer he said oh shut your mouth I 'm not getting you one .
13 Oh yeah , yeah but I , I but I just thought so I , so I , so I , so I said to him well I , if it was me I 'd just write back and say thanks , yes I 'll come actually , thank you very much
14 So I said to him well alright then I said er if you 're not going to the football match you can go upstairs to your bedroom and tidy your bedroom again .
15 at two o'clock on Saturdays and whizzes round the town doing wheelies round the town so I said to him last night Scott sit down I want you to read something , I said take a good look at the paper , I said it could 've been you , doing that , you think you 're so fucking clever and big running round the town , I said it only takes you to lose control go up the bloody curb and bang , that 's what happened , I said think about what the hell you 're doing
16 he 's ever so posh , and we 're chatting away telling me all about pension , telling me all about the pension and that you see so I said to him would you like a tea ?
17 Yeah so I said to him
18 so I said to him why do n't you get some glass I showed him
19 So I said to him
20 So I said to him , right I said we either go I mean I keep saying to him you 've got ta do something about this !
21 tongued and grooved or , or something pine for the kitchen wall , do it , pay it , forget it right , so , I mean I do n't know what wood I mean we 'd have , we 'd have to see it , but I said to him look I said something 's got ta be done , so I said to him shall we get Gary or somebody similar to do some Artexing in here and he said well with the coal fire and all that he said it 'll , it 'll get dirty
22 Well I said to him look , I said I know I 'm fed up with this thing next door , and I do n't want to stay there , but Alan said that I 've got to stay there , right , so I said to him , you know , we have to start doing something and I said to him something permanent because he ai n't a handy man , I mean he 'll do it , because I mean it 's something like measuring steel in n it ?
23 so I said to him erm
24 But anyway she had , he had this nice cap so I said to him , you know , can I have it and he said no it 's sentimental and I said well I 'll do anything
25 But , you see , you could see the extractor fan , so I said to him look , I asked you , he said , oh I thought you sa , I said , no , I said to you I do n't like seeing that extractor fan you
26 So I said to them , ‘ Well , if I did n't talk you 'd say I was withdrawn , ’ and they did n't know how to answer that .
27 So Neil said , well these invoices were n't forthcoming , so I said to them , the thing , the thing is , if we start work and we buy a load of equipment how are we gon na sort of , how long 's the cheque gon na , gon na be coming in , you know .
28 They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back .
29 So I said to them pop down there on the way home , check it out
30 So I said to her , you know , can I borrow fifty P off you till I see you later .
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