Example sentences of "[unc] [conj] i say " in BNC.
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| 31 | And er as I say , the only people I know on here now , are people that I 've met actually off here . |
| 32 | Er and er as I say , the it was a , it was a line that we could never take objectively . |
| 33 | And then well I met John , when I was in there , started going out with him , and er as I say when you get married in there you had to leave , so this , this was the next job they offered me . |
| 34 | and er , and so , and er as I say er I 've had a most wonderful life and I 've been a widow now for ten years . |
| 35 | Well er as I say the position of the Parish Council the fact that there have been so many objections are fully reported in the committee papers today . |
| 36 | Well er as I say I think , er if if if the County Council are are insisting that any new settlement erm should be self contained , I think one would need to see what that definition is before we can be clear as to whether or not it has it has strategic implications . |
| 37 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 38 | Er as I say they were a U K company . |
| 39 | And er as I say , at the moment |
| 40 | Is she , where , is she actually proposing that these should be located ? in , in the countryside , in , in towns ? because they 're sens sensitivities o on that particular on the siting of that er particular activity and er we 're seen it elsewhere , er , those of us who have been on this committee for some time will know the concern that there are about the location of waste recycling facilities and er as I say I would hate that we would have a list of sites across the county which would just start paying us money and quite frankly should never be started . |
| 41 | They can expect me as er as I say but probably , for me , one of the more interesting papers on the whole agenda today . |
| 42 | erm that can sometimes help certainly , yeah , but er as I say er I think there should be it should yield a , a fair amount of data for you and , and you know with a bit of , are you a stat view or S P S S person or any strong |
| 43 | Oh oh yeah well there was no option , you 'd got to cos you dare n't speak you 'd oh er friendly in our lunch break you know er dinner break really we did n't have lunch time erm we were all friendly together and er as I say er we got on alright , but you 'd er you 'd got to stick at your job absolutely you dare n't move oh , they do n't know they are born today |
| 44 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 45 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 46 | And er as I say that was one of the busiest bakeries in Edinburgh . |
| 47 | And then er as I say The Bachelors come on at seven until eight . |
| 48 | and er as I say , this woman at this Department of Health , where I 'm going tomorrow she 'll probably get me in contact with erm er people that 'll help me to do the bits that I need . |
| 49 | So er as I say , we won six for eight , so so erm they 're gon na play our next time . |
| 50 | Er that erm was in use er as I say until the closure . |
| 51 | Because er as I say erm if the opportunity came along and er given the unemployment problems in the borough erm it may be that we would wish to take that opportunity . |
| 52 | Yeah , I think it 's b as I say it 's because I think people are wary I mean you know , not sure who 's who . |
| 53 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 54 | But if er if I 'm s if I say to him you 're not , you 're not eating properly , sit up and , you know , pu bring your plate near to you |
| 55 | Er I think we must remind ourselves that er this year 's as I say is by no means er generous and for that reason we 're not aiming higher , not because we would n't like to , but because we recognize the , the restrictions placed from elsewhere . |
| 56 | . So the nest day I s As I say I slammed the phone down |
| 57 | It 's , really th as I say , the design is all down to the size but it it 's because of the snow fall that could go in , that can li th obviously because it 's sloped like it can nae lie on it but |
| 58 | Erm and I say this view is , is in some respects being er erm er expressed relatively early on . |
| 59 | Eternity — something like that , you know ? , in some way , it 's a tale that in , the , that embraces those er thoughts that so many people are thinking these days , and yet I 'm an old fashioned fellow , erm and I say that by saying er yes , this , this is some , somewhat of a er new age category , all these things . |
| 60 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |