Example sentences of "and [pers pn] say what " in BNC.
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1 | Cos I said to young George , his son , I said he came when I was painting the sills and I says what do you do when it 's frosty when you start to work ? |
2 | And I says what is it ? |
3 | Children , particularly our own grandchildren I discovered er had got money in the building societies I mean we give them money for presents and throw it into a building society , and I said what 's happening about your , your tax ? |
4 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
5 | I was rather late back , when I got back I heard a knock on my bedroom door and she said it 's Miss and er I said , oh come in , I undid the door and she came in and er and so she said to me er , I just had a telephone message from Peel er to say that you have been subpoenaed to go the Police Court next Thursday and I said what a day out of my holiday and she said , well I 'm sorry but you 'll have to go . |
6 | So we went to the sixty six shop and I said what 's wrong with that , pristine beautiful . |
7 | And Tommy got one at playgroup and I said what 's her name and he said welly . |
8 | it was , it was all tough weather scale of six , on , you know , and I said what , how much is that up there ? , and he said ten shillings , I said a little bit dear i n't it ? , cos ten shilling then was ten shilling |
9 | And erm she said all right and I said what do I do with them and she said I 'll put them down in the base at the back and I said all right so I went back on the shop floor just before I was coming out come out . |
10 | Cos Dora rang and she said could er somebody get her twenty pounds worth and I said what do you want it for ? |
11 | Just save us coming out so I phoned your dad up and I said what batteries do you need ? |
12 | this is , well this is it right , she 's in the canteen , she 's , and she 's going right and putting on this really stupid laugh , right , and I said what 's wrong ? , she goes , she goes , she goes , she goes , right she , and iffy , this how bad she , she was faking , you know like this she goes , she goes , no , no |
13 | tuned it in to the four channels and I said what about video |
14 | Yes , but this fellow you see , I said to him erm , you had a lot to do with that fellow , he 'd , he 'd been down to collect him from someone on the South Coast as well with a police of course , and I said what happened to the little girl ? he said oh she 's been in psychiatric care , care for four years |
15 | And I said what 's the matter Rhys ? |
16 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
17 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
18 | She said his son rang up and I said what , what 's his name ? |
19 | And I said what 's that then ? |
20 | And I said what have they learnt ? |
21 | Oh the other er she said I 'd had four of those , and I said what are they then ? |
22 | And I said what a lovely little puppy , what 's her name , and it said Freda . |
23 | ‘ And I 'm fifty-six years of age and I say what of it , ’ Malachi retorted . |
24 | I 've got your balance here and I say what have you got ? |
25 | The fresh foods manager will walk us round , with the store manager in the morning , and we have er , whatever they say , we have a meeting , and I have feedbacks to start , and I say what I 'm happy with and what I 'm not . |
26 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
27 | Right so if someone holds up this piece and you hold up this piece to your mum and you say what sort of fraction is this ? |
28 | And you say what we want to hear , or you take a long walk . |
29 | And she believed me that it did n't match three piece suite or carpet and it was stupid , and that sh and she says what shall I do about them ? |
30 | And then when I went up home , I 'd have took them out and put them in the fridge and she says what are you doing and I says well that 's a couple of day 's meat for you and she says no no take that off home , take that off home , I 've and I says no that 'll do you . |