Example sentences of "i say so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if you do n't mind me sayin' so , it 'll be best if you do n't treat her like a private in the Army . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll want nobody leaving until I say so , ’ said Perkins . |
| 3 | Scolding a child for being ‘ a bad boy ’ or ‘ a dirty girl ’ is not educative ; telling a child to do something ‘ because I say so ’ teaches her nothing useful . |
| 4 | Affirmatives received , I repeated : ‘ Only throw out the dinghy when I say so ; first wait for the jerk , then let go ! |
| 5 | ‘ What 's this I say so often ? ’ |
| 6 | Although I say so myself , I am not without skill , having represented the county at schoolboy level . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll have to , if I say so . |
| 8 | " Because spinach happens to be good for her and because I say so . " |
| 9 | ‘ And it wo n't be until I say so . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I say so ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's done , and although I say so me'self , it 's one of the neatest jobs I 've ever performed . ’ |
| 12 | Quite ob quite obviously cos I say so in my evidence . |
| 13 | But unfortunately we can then easily imagine a context in which that sentence might be appropriately used , in which it is not assumed that John cheated : for example , you thought he had cheated , asked me whether he now repents , but I tell you he never did , and persuade you accordingly , and then I say so John does n't regret cheating ( Gazdar , 1979a : 105 ) . |
| 14 | No one can go home until I say so . |
| 15 | If I say so myself that were n't bad . |
| 16 | Because I say so ! |
| 17 | They 're all , so out you must go , when I say so . |
| 18 | When I say so . |
| 19 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 20 | That 's what I say so nothing much happening today with you ? |
| 21 | Went about quarter past one little clock these cards to see what I says so . |
| 22 | He said well you 've got no bloody springs on the pawls , I says so I picked a tin of springs up , we kept it for anybody who wanted a spring for their bike , any spring where , you know the hooks on each end ? |
| 23 | I says so ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So she says no so I says so I 'll |
| 26 | I said so to Charlie , but all he said was I was like an old woman . |
| 27 | His father then asked William what he should say to his school-fellows , to which the boy replied , ‘ Tell them to prepare to meet their God ; and tell them I said so ’ ’ |
| 28 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 29 | Just higher your chariot blades on a level with his neck and drive past when he 's not looking ? but do n't tell anybody I said so . |
| 30 | know what I mean ? do n't tell him I said so . |