Example sentences of "say [subord] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as far as aim is with , on a typical day , say if I get out of the depot at quarter to nine , if you like , and look at today 's string , I go to Derby . |
| 2 | And you , my friends , show me your will , and say if I do well . ’ |
| 3 | I says I 'm gon na stop with me father and they said well , we 're sorry to lose you but we know this trade 's know good to you and we hope that you 'll stay with your dad and , well I did , I stayed with me dad until , as I say after I come out of the army and they would n't let me increase me coal trade . |
| 4 | Mother says if I do n't get a move on the line will die out . ’ |
| 5 | Then he says when I get back , ‘ What 's all this ? ’ |
| 6 | He says when I go home tonight I want to be able to have water from my taps — and I want my children and my grand-children to have the water they need to live . |
| 7 | ‘ George Courtney is special and sent me a letter congratulating me and saying if I need any help , just to give him a ring . |
| 8 | Yeah cos they only took a hundred and something , but he said if I take about a hundred and something pound a day |
| 9 | Well not only that she said if I do n't get this job she said I 'm gon na |
| 10 | I said no I would n't I said cos I do n't accept cheques . |
| 11 | That 's safe to say because I have n't any of that kind of art . |
| 12 | I said ooh cos I said when I come here we 're always so busy I said I only get as far as er er the kitchen do n't I ? |
| 13 | Several informants in my study articulated the view that their parents preferred them to speak British English : Mom — mom likes me to speak mostly English , she said when I go out into , you know , upper class society , and I start speakin " Patois dey might not understand , and take me as an idiot . |
| 14 | PAMELA : Pray , my lady , what will my master say if I go away to abruptly without paying my respects to him ? |