Example sentences of "[subord] i say [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 2 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 3 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 4 | I asked her , " Would you mind if I have a boyfriend ? " and she said " It depends " and I said " What if I said somebody wanted to take me to the pictures ? " and it was , " If a boy wants to take you to the pictures , he 's only alter one thing . |
| 5 | If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ? |
| 6 | The girls in the office would say in surprise , ‘ You ought to be shopping ! ’ if I said I had been bird-watching or merely reading in the sunshine . |
| 7 | ‘ It would be ignoring the reality of the current trading position if I said I did n't believe there were more closures to come . |
| 8 | Certainly the most important thing should be that I 'm happy with my paintings , but I 'd by lying if I said I did n't care what other people said . |
| 9 | If I said I needed a member of the cast to be doused with a bucket of water , he would be the first to volunteer ; he was game for anything . |
| 10 | I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ? |
| 11 | Get over like I said she said that 's enough like you 've got ta leave some room for a |
| 12 | You know they must be you know and a certain amount of guilt maybe that they that they did n't support the miners or you know it was something that was happening far away and maybe y like I said you gave the odd tin of beans you know but er |
| 13 | I said and there 's there 's me panicking like I said I said I 'm going grey as it is now I said without worrying about |
| 14 | I was that busy trying to convince him that he had to er go to doctors cos I says what did they actually do ? |
| 15 | Tom did n't get anything though cos I said he did n't smoke . |
| 16 | I said well no I cos I said I expected a co I think she deserved a more than a commended . |
| 17 | No , Hayden says if we go to Comet cos he said , cos I said I bought my video at Comet and they were offering twenty five per cent off , twenty five per cent off off the at Comet so that 's about the third of the place . |
| 18 | I never thought to see the day , and all because I said I fiddled with wireless . |
| 19 | Just because I said I did n't like talking to old ladies and children ! |
| 20 | Because I said I liked the immortal Bix Biederbecke he obviously thought I was avant garde and beyond redemption . |
| 21 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 22 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 23 | Eventually , thunder rumbled in the distance , and he looked up and asked if it was gun-fire ; when I said I thought not , he moved to the door saying , ‘ If Mr Colin recommends them , I 'll take all three ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you a respectable woman ? ’ quickly interpolated the magistrate when I said I wished to remain . |
| 25 | But to my dismay he said he 'd got a local caddie for Birkdale , and that he 'd misunderstood me when I said I 'd caddie for him anywhere . |
| 26 | He was a good playmate and he and I enjoyed playing " horses " where one would " drive " the other in turns with string as harness — and he told me years later it was a bitter disappointment to him when I said I 'd grown out of the game . |
| 27 | I see now why you were so evasive when I said I had n't power of attorney . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You did n't believe me when I said I had n't distracted Simon and you would n't have believed me if I 'd told you it was your child I might be carrying , ’ she replied , her voice shaking a little despite all her efforts to project a calm image . |
| 29 | ‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer . |
| 30 | When I said I fancied myself as a bit of a Rudolf lookalike , I meant Valentino ! |