Example sentences of "i always say " in BNC.

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1 I always said I 'd make you a better partner , did n't I ?
2 ‘ Nate and the Executive Committee have agreed in principle to phase-out all regional activities and bring the whole god-damned shootin' match right back here to Detroit , where I always said it should be . ’
3 Asked why I was in , I always said exactly what was wrong with me .
4 When I answered my grandmother I always said ‘ Yes , Granny ’ , or ‘ No , Granny ’ .
5 I always said we should have gone straight back .
6 I always said that if I could not break 80 then I would not play .
7 I reached rock bottom , which I always said would never happen …
8 I always said it and always forgot .
9 I always said I only wanted to score goals for Manchester United .
10 I always said I would buy a Harley when I had enough money , ’ said the left-back .
11 I always said that I had to put my medical career before my rugby , but the new job will not force me to retire because my colleagues are so supportive and helpful . ’
12 Mum Julie , 31 , who will go with him , said : ‘ I always said he 'd win something with his trainers , but I did n't think it would be a trip to America . ’
13 I always said if I won the 100 it would be very hard to beat me in the 200 .
14 When it disappeared from the catalogue and by chance I was offered a knighthood , I always said that the Queen , coming as she does from an angling family , was compensating me for having had my name taken out of Hardy 's catalogue .
15 I do n't know , I always said I 'd never took the piss out of these children , but I 'm sure I must have done at school , but I must admit I was embarrassed .
16 When Jack and Alick , after being shipwrecked and narrowly escaping murder , starvation and sundry other perils , are reunited with Terence on board a brig-of-war , he declares it is worth being lost when reunion is so pleasant and ends with a flourish : ‘ Old fellows , I knew you would come back somehow or other ; I always said so ; astride of a dolphin , if in no other way … ’
17 I always said I would but you did n't believe me .
18 ‘ Come home quickly , ’ I always said to him .
19 I always said to you — do anything you want to him , but do n't kill him .
20 I always said so . ’
21 ME : ‘ But , I always said it was a possibility — I did warn you — I could n't be more sorry but what can I do … ? ’
22 I always said you had a vivid imagination , ’ she side-stepped .
23 He said : ‘ I always said we would never get the title if it went to points and that 's exactly how it turned out .
24 I always said , right from the start — and you 'll bear me out , Dudley — I always said it would end in tears . ’
25 ‘ I always said , right from the start — and you 'll bear me out , Dudley — I always said it would end in tears . ’
26 I always said you 'd go blind . ’
27 I always said that Halliwell was too timid by half .
28 I always said it was a good bit of business .
29 I always said to them I would much prefer to supply fifty per cent of the monthly usage , spread it out throughout the year .
30 If the vote goes in favour , then I will do what I always said I would do and I will prepare to leave the Church of England .
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