Example sentences of "say i [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they say I am a celebrity , but I take it all with a pinch of salt . |
| 2 | ‘ You say I am a murderer , ’ the monster said , ‘ but you want to kill your own creature . |
| 3 | And you ca n't say that a woman on her own , going out to work , with no kids , just doing for herself , is a housewife like say I 'm a housewife . |
| 4 | I treat it as a compliment that people say I 'm a marked man now , though I doubt it 's true . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Some say I 'm a dour type of person , and maybe I am at times , but nothing means more to me than winning . |
| 6 | Go on say I 'm a Swede ! |
| 7 | Some people say I was a fool and could have made a fortune . |
| 8 | Others say I was a good judge by staying home . |
| 9 | My chaplain says I am a liar . |
| 10 | He says I was a puddler . |
| 11 | ‘ Ga says I 'm a little tragedy queen . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , he says I 'm a natural ! ’ |
| 13 | Doreen Maloney says I 'm a fool . |
| 14 | My wife says I 'm a bad lover . |
| 15 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 16 | He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well . |
| 17 | Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf . |
| 18 | ‘ Anybody watching that would have said I was a rapist and you were being raped . ’ |
| 19 | Someone has said I 'm a well-known gangland figure , and I probably ran into an ambush when I tried to return home . |
| 20 | Oh maybe , you saying I am a raga . |
| 21 | I make no excuse by saying I was a mere apprentice to Sam . |
| 22 | Lineker says : ‘ It really started , if Graham 's honest , when he had a dig at me about the Republic of Ireland game at Wembley , when I did a piece with one of the newspapers saying I was a bit tired . |
| 23 | You saying I 'm a passive person ? |
| 24 | No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ? |
| 25 | Just saying I 'm a stupid bugger . |
| 26 | But do n't do n't get me wrong I mean I 'm not saying I 'm a fucking saint , cos I 've done and I 'll probably do it again but |
| 27 | Yeah , I do , I am actually , I mean , I 'm not saying I 'm a hundred percent |
| 28 | I said I was a historian . |
| 29 | Marie said I was a handsome devil ! |
| 30 | She said I was a handsome devil , too . |