Example sentences of "i say i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My line of work pays well , but I suppose if I say I prefer to live simply , too , you 'll call me a liar , ’ Paige challenged indignantly . |
| 2 | But er , you know , as I say I know what you 're saying I wo n't say to him I want that done over eleven weeks , I 'll say this is what we 're gon na do week by week . |
| 3 | Cos I say I know that I know Elizabeth Terrace well . |
| 4 | So that is a possi I was just wondering which one it was cos I say I know some of them are a bit you know |
| 5 | Oh I say I know my two and goodness |
| 6 | Erm , I did n't , like I say I know people who erm especially with about ourselves or anybody else . |
| 7 | The school itself as I say I went to er Street School . |
| 8 | when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall . |
| 9 | But I say I went all day without nothing to eat bloody starved . |
| 10 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 11 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
| 12 | No I went , as I say I went to bed . |
| 13 | These points should be should be looked into but as I say I take my hat off to infer at least having been loyalty to defend the inquest . |
| 14 | When I say I 've never , in my life , sold a telephone number or refused to help a fellow journalist , he says it is ‘ union policy ’ , and that I ‘ ca n't be a real journalist ’ if I find this surprising . |
| 15 | As I say I 've not had anything like the bad experience of it that a lot of people have had . |
| 16 | As I say I 've only just started |
| 17 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 18 | Which as I say I 've got on the photocopier at the minute , and er which want to look at |
| 19 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 20 | This this is I I I 'll start off as I say I 've I 've written a covering letter |
| 21 | you know as I say I 've not worked in this division but I I know that these have been fully sold , that 's the sort of money and once again that has to be done in three weeks . |
| 22 | Right , well as I say I 've got your details here so what I 'll do is if you bear with me I 'll go and a have a look through the drawers and see what we 've got available . |
| 23 | But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with . |
| 24 | I ca n't I ca n't really think I 'll have to make a list out you know but er you know I got just think of anything that 's , you know as I say I 've got got some fo cat food will get some dry cat food yeah Oh I cou sta if I start thinking I 'll I 'll I 'll |
| 25 | I say I 've got a wa well I I do n't I , but er I did n't er , I will get washed . |
| 26 | I say I 've only just go been able to put the baby down |
| 27 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 28 | Oh as I say I 've seen the film . |
| 29 | But I 've as I say I 've got memory banks in for your number and Gertrude 's number and the three |
| 30 | I say I 've got some mind you I did n't have , left the dumpling at mine , I 've got a load erm dumpling mix , you 've , a great big load for forty three no fifty , fifty three pence from erm the place up erm |