Example sentences of "[coord] i say i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sandy was already in the side , and I got talking to him again , Calero was struggling , and I said I might not have a bag for the Ryder Cup . |
| 7 | It was er international company sommat like that Ching and er they asked me about it and I said I 'll see what I can do . |
| 8 | And er oh it , it were about seven o'clock and I said I 'll go and play with Len ti till half past , he says well be a , be back by half past eight . |
| 9 | And I said I 'll bring it round personally and er you know , get it switched on for her . |
| 10 | And I said I 'll . |
| 11 | scraped it all in and I said I 'll leave it in dish cos it 's a dog doggy dish went back in house and , oh what did I come back for ? |
| 12 | got myself ready I got my coat on and I said I 'll see you later |
| 13 | and he wanted to speak to Mike and I said I 'll go and check it |
| 14 | Anyway so it 's the P T A tomorrow and I said I 'll go |
| 15 | we had some carbonated drinks factory I said well they they asked me if I 'd go over there and I said I ca n't work in there I 'm allergic to oranges and he said oh bloody or I 've never seen an orange , do n't worry , you know it 's all chemicals ! |
| 16 | I said I 've got an invoice outstanding for October , and I said I ca n't afford to do that ! |
| 17 | I could n't see the washing when I come out of Googie 's and I said I 've got washing on that line and I said I ca n't see no there ai n't no washing on that line . |
| 18 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
| 19 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 20 | She phoned this morning and I said I ca n't come and collect it cos I 'm here by myself she said oh I 'll bring it in , that 's alright , no problem but er we 're going away to Gloucester at two o'clock |
| 21 | And I said I ca n't wait to go on a diet , ! |
| 22 | No , it 's just that Jill was asking the other day and I said I ca n't remember . |
| 23 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 24 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 25 | In two days ' time we reached Pakoku where many of the Anglo-Burmans begged me to disembark and try to walk out of Burma with them , but Rachel was still very sick and I said I would go on to Mandalay and hope to find a doctor there . |
| 26 | My mother argued for a while that the dry heat was known to be bracing , but Lili went on to speak of rumours of a cholera epidemic in the rural districts and disaffection among the fellahin and I said I would rather go to Bournemouth , which was a black lie but efficacious since we had gone there for our holidays and my mother seemed gratified that I should wish to return . |
| 27 | ‘ We were talking about ransoms too and I said I would pay to save the life — ’ |
| 28 | Yes and I said I would in a minute darling alright ? |
| 29 | I started our first one , and I said I would , normally I I put my hand up , 'cos I wanted to direct . |
| 30 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |