Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pron] say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 2 | I mean I said to Shaun on a Friday night we 'd better decide this , otherwise there 's no point in us coming through tomorrow mate , we might as well stay at home and go to the football or something |
| 3 | But it ai n't much but it 's I mean I said to our I do n't know how she manages on that |
| 4 | Well like I mean I said to him I do n't think , you know I mean it was just ideas I think he said I 'm not saying do it . |
| 5 | I mean I said to her today I mean there was this costume there and I said here get that one there I said french maid outfit , nurse 's outfit . |
| 6 | I mean I said to Scott |
| 7 | I mean I said to him oh er what he 's really got to get really is a cooker erm cos I said to him , I , I said to him if you really want to try and move in next week then you have n't got another week 's money to pay for that , you know |
| 8 | I say to you , well I mean I say to you it 's not through , that 's accepted . |
| 9 | I mean she said to me on Monday something about , I mean it 's her that wanted to be in , in , by the middle of March , now I never said the woman wanted to be in by March |
| 10 | I mean she said to me when I went for this Men Mencap job she said erm , have you got any trade behind you ? |
| 11 | I expect you say to yourself , ‘ send the bastards back to where they came from ! ’ |
| 12 | I put I said to him |
| 13 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 14 | Then I did ask myself if we would see this place again ; and when Jaffa started to disappear to our starboard , I remember I said to myself : ‘ If this ship could turn round now , I would return to Jaffa . ’ |
| 15 | When he landed the job of Beirut bureau chief for Cable News Network , I remember I said to a colleague that if Jerry was ever taken hostage , his kidnappers would probably wind up paying CNN to take him back — and I was only half wrong . |
| 16 | I remember I said to Billy something like , ‘ I thought she 'd never go . |
| 17 | But before I go I said to the |
| 18 | If I try what to say to them if you ca n't get through . |
| 19 | erm I think they said to me bar of I 'll say bars of Judy , if it 's any different I 'll let you know . |
| 20 | Who one day we thought well about time we had something so I think we said to him er about these things off the ration ca n't ca n't get , what happens to them ? |
| 21 | I think we said to you on Friday erm both me and Roger actually said that he he went into er he went in for the kill and he c he came out with slaughter |
| 22 | And er I think somebody said to me beware of the man who wears a dicky bow during the day . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I said to you earlier — I did , did n't I — sometimes I forget what I 've said — that I wanted you to look after her . ’ |
| 24 | it 's ab I think I said to you we 've got fifty , a good fifty-fifty split , if maybe not slightly more women actually on the course . |
| 25 | why I wonder you say to be or not to be , |
| 26 | ‘ I told you , I 've nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've nothing to say to you . |
| 28 | I 'm sure I 've I said to you on the phone I think . |
| 29 | Imagining him to be a reporter , Lionel said to him brusquely , ‘ I have nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 30 | The man tried to expostulate but Lionel repeated , ‘ I have nothing to say to you . ’ |