Example sentences of "i say [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 2 | Yes , it was good though I say it myself . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , he was a wild one , though I say it myself , ’ muttered Joe . |
| 4 | A reasonable choice , though I say it myself . ’ |
| 5 | Though I say it myself , your mother and I knew how to throw a party . |
| 6 | I had started knowing nothing about houses , nothing about building , precious little about planning , and I ended up — although I say it myself — pretty well informed . |
| 7 | If you like the type , and though I say it myself , Tod is incredibly handsome … |
| 8 | ( I was getting quite good then , although I say it myself ) and I said : ‘ Now the King is here . |
| 9 | I mean I I I s I have to I say it myself occasionally , I stop very quickly because I realize that |
| 10 | I was distracted with grief this time , torn by guilt , and Eric had to look after me while I acted my part to perfection , though I say it myself . |
| 11 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |
| 12 | But though I say it myself , I spun them a pretty good story . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Although I say it myself , I 'm pretty good with a tin-opener . ’ |
| 14 | Up market but erm yes even though I say it myself , it looks very very nice , and the door erm I did the the outside with the Cuprinol erm one of these hard wood doors with windows in it do you know it 's bloody smashing ! |
| 15 | Even as I say it I know this is not how I wish to spend the rest of the day . |
| 16 | But , you know when I say it I 'm not Ken and and Eva are the same , they do n't go up there |
| 17 | Suppose , however , that as I say it it strikes me that the word bank is ambiguous . |
| 18 | But I say it it it became er quite increasingly important right up to its closure er of of er particularly for for catering for Bl for erm pit . |
| 19 | Yeah well as I say I I lived in the east end of London and that that 's how it was done there but I dare say that other places organized it |
| 20 | Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top . |
| 21 | Oh no you Well again er as I say I I 'm speaking in in my own time , er and in my time you were left school before you started in the yard at all , aye . |
| 22 | And I say I I ca n't , I honestly can not remember what I was doing , I remember the environment one because I got a module written on that erm I remember that I had put in er I want to do first aid and safety in the home sort of thing er , they were three modules that I wanted er , to do . |
| 23 | No , er we 're proposing that we just do , take this reso , in other words , if you endorse the fact that I say I I sa committed the |
| 24 | I ai n't a bl builder or a carpenter or a chippy or a tiler but as I say I I I plan it out , always plan it out how I 'm going to do it . |
| 25 | This was innovation all the time just for economy 's sake , you you as I say you you just could n't afford , although you could buy er a beautiful pair of shoes for twelve and six , that was a lot of money . |
| 26 | And she looked at me and blinked her eyes I says you what means . |
| 27 | I says I I er no no messing around I want it back . |
| 28 | Ah well I said we we 'd like to embark on this assessment of the relevance |
| 29 | I said she she might well come back to you . |
| 30 | I said she I think she 's heading for a nervous breakdown . |