Example sentences of "say [vb base] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos Irene says give me a ring I says no , I says that 's it , I said I 've already made the arrangement once and it backfired I says so I 'm not doing it no more . |
| 2 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 3 | She says give us a reason why you are doing this . |
| 4 | You should n't have done that , I says shut up , I says do you a couple of days . |
| 5 | talking to one of these receptionists today and she says erm she 's been trying to get a bit of erm , she 's split up with her husband , trying to get , a bit of extra money together , you know , to be , she 's got her own house like , buying her own house and all this and that she 's fell into a bloody modelling job and saying get yourself a passport and er on about sending her off to either the South of France or Kenya |
| 6 | So I said send me a cheque and I 'll go and shop . |
| 7 | I goes , can you go and get and some beers , yeah cos otherwise , I should , you know you said lend us a pound , he goes yeah , I goes well you can yo he goes not a pound , one pound four P ! |
| 8 | I said give you a cuddle some time . |
| 9 | and he said get me a padded shirt , he said , Joycie 's getting me one he said and I want two . |
| 10 | And I said , I said pour us a tea , oh she says we 'll be late for the pub , I thought oh sodding hell |
| 11 | I said leave us a couple of small . |
| 12 | so these local experts , you ca n't believe what they say the only way really is to , the scriptures do n't they say give us an accurate er description of what 's |
| 13 | At the risk of committing rock blasphemy , I 'd say do yourself a favour and lighten up with Erasure instead . |