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 . |