Example sentences of "say [conj] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In London I work through three agencies — you note that I say that I work through — I do n't know what you guys get in Rome , but here it is through … that 's most of the time … ’
2 I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast .
3 When we say that I do n't mean whether it 's a four or three bedroom house , I mean the sort of location it would be in , whether it would be a middle of a terrace or a middle of a string of houses , on the corner of a street or whether it would be on its own in the country somewhere or whether the back garden would back on to some playing fields or er the railway line or whether there 'd be houses at the back .
4 ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’
5 I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police .
6 I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well .
7 But as far as aim is with , on a typical day , say if I get out of the depot at quarter to nine , if you like , and look at today 's string , I go to Derby .
8 And you , my friends , show me your will , and say if I do well . ’
9 I I say but I do n't feel as I want
10 I says I 'm gon na stop with me father and they said well , we 're sorry to lose you but we know this trade 's know good to you and we hope that you 'll stay with your dad and , well I did , I stayed with me dad until , as I say after I come out of the army and they would n't let me increase me coal trade .
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