Example sentences of "i says to " in BNC.
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| 1 | SO I SAYS TO HIM , OK LOUDMOUTH , LET'S SEE YOU TAKE OVER MY COMPANY ! |
| 2 | I says to her what he [ her brother ] said , and you know what she said ? |
| 3 | I says to myself , ‘ I 'm not having this . ’ |
| 4 | I says to Derek going home I 'd prefer a girl would n't you . |
| 5 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 6 | I says to her , just look at us now . |
| 7 | And I turned right round and I says , the boy with the sling said it was n't me , I says to the big one , I said , do you want your legs in plaster ? |
| 8 | Cos I says to who did that ? |
| 9 | I was just takin' off my apron in the smithy when I says to the guv'nor : |
| 10 | I says to her , well what you know what can you do with that ? |
| 11 | And erm we got there and I says to my husband I says , oh , I says er , are you sure that tent 's safe ? |
| 12 | But I was gon na tell you about there was one day I was at for money and I 'm coming up the road , and here this chap was standing in the road and er kind of thumbing a lift , so I says to him , I stopped and I often lift people in the road but er after he got into the , I had an old Bradford van at the time , and he said er , I said to him , I says , are you on a hiking holiday ? |
| 13 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 14 | I phoned her and I says to her I says , . |
| 15 | S maybe if I says to him away you go to your granny 's and then and you 're not taking anything with you . |
| 16 | Oh I 'm alright , I says to him , I 've been in ships and . |
| 17 | Thanks Dick I says to him , taking it from him and passing the bottle , perhaps I will , I 'd no idea it might be valuable , I just like copper and brass bits and pieces . |
| 18 | I says to him I says , we 're flexible here , you might find . |
| 19 | So I says to Pete , right , start as we mean to go on , I refuse to pay any more than the cleanup rate . |
| 20 | So I said , Tom , like I says to Tom . |
| 21 | And I says to Ray , are n't we using hopper nineteen ? |
| 22 | No no y No nobody 's thought of it until I stood there and watched it and I says to George the operator , I says , Right we 're gon na put a new chiller on here . |
| 23 | I ca n't , our Margaret 's drying it on radiators , and I says to Albert , what me mum doing with the dryer . |
| 24 | She got , same on chairs , all , you can hardly see the suite , 'cos she 's got , she says , and er , I says to her , I says to her , oh it 's nice your suite , in n it . |
| 25 | She got , same on chairs , all , you can hardly see the suite , 'cos she 's got , she says , and er , I says to her , I says to her , oh it 's nice your suite , in n it . |
| 26 | 'Cos I says to her one day , well why do n't you ask yer , your relation , if he 'll er , if he 'll give yer a job . |
| 27 | I says to Tommy , why do n't they buy one of them big caravans , I said , because every time they get |
| 28 | Well , I made my , I made it plain that er , at the training centre , you know , I says , I says to em , I said er , in my opinion , I says , he does n't want , he do n't want to kn , he he do n't want to know . |
| 29 | were down were hospital Sunday I says to her I tell what |
| 30 | I says to her that 's what I want , you know I want mine doing like that |