Example sentences of "[conj] i say to he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So I said to him , ’ said John , ‘ do me a favour and go back to America and give the Red Indians home rule . ’ |
| 4 | I got down there just now so I said to him |
| 5 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 6 | And I says to him you 're always smiling |
| 7 | And he says erm er , one pound eighty and I says to him what ? |
| 8 | And I come home and I says to him , I 'm not having this no more . |
| 9 | And I says to him , you 're not supposed to use this entrance . |
| 10 | conked out other day and he thought it were points , he changed points and I says to him have you changed plugs ? |
| 11 | and I says to him that 's one thing you never get at that , that one at Top Shop |
| 12 | I never realised Chris owed me a fiver for me wage and I says to him I had to pay me bill for me food for week and it was like six quid . |
| 13 | And I says to him , have you got a fiver ? |
| 14 | ‘ And I said to 'im , I said : ‘ All right , Mr Hodge , all right . |
| 15 | And I said to him — we had a fairly frank relationship — I said , ‘ Listen , Ron , I 'm going to be here tomorrow , and you 're not ; and I 've got to be comfortable . ’ |
| 16 | And I said to him , ‘ But how did you know an antelope was there ? ’ |
| 17 | We are knocking on the door of the League and I said to him : ‘ Why not do a Barnet here ? ’ ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And I said to him , ‘ Push off , mate , I 'm not standing for that ’ — and he did , pretty quickly ! ' , |
| 19 | One thing I struck me this week there 's a new regulation as regard punctures on tyres because I had this completely flat tyre and a whole new set of tyres and I said to him well ca n't you mend it , ca n't you put an inner tube in like I I 've done before cos there was a nail in it you see . |
| 20 | So I went into the doctor 's surgery and I said to him , I said : ‘ Look , I apologise . |
| 21 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 22 | Now er her husband came down one day and I said to him , what 's your name , and he said Mr |
| 23 | They did work in er two worked in two different quarries but within a week or a fortnight that young lad approached one of our members and said he 's sorry that he 'd ever gone back and I said to him well come back and join us and forget it all . |
| 24 | He used to come in here he did n't know er how good it was , he 's a a bit of a bit of a lady , you know , kick your eye out , and he come in here , I can see him now si sitting on that chair there er , and I was sat there and I said to him , I said er why do n't you start kidding to it and all this madam , you know , give it sweets and this other . |
| 25 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 26 | He walked past me later and I said to him , ‘ Going home early ’ and he said , ‘ Family problems . ’ |
| 27 | And I said to him if you do n't pack it up I 'm gon na get out and walk . |
| 28 | I said to go in and see and I said to him go and see the bear , and with that Dave knocked on the door . |
| 29 | He sat in my armchair over and I said to him , well now nanny probably wo n't ever work again darling so I ca n't afford it so I 'm not buying much this year , he said you says that every year . |
| 30 | And he said well I 'm pretty sure , but he said fifty , fifty and I said to him , well I said you know , you think about it but I 'd already , sort of , made up my mind that I was n't gon na , sort of , next year anyway |