Example sentences of "but i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I mean I says , look I says , I 'm not , I 'm not saying you ca n't have your parties or whatever , I says but I says not in the bedrooms . |
| 3 | But I says how can they make money now , how can they make money out of that ? |
| 4 | trying to get through the , he says oh them people have left here , now you 'll have to , and he gives us another two numbers and that , I got through on one of the numbers and then er , I asked I says oh I says I did n't get me photograph and me plastic wallet , he says well you do n't really need them you know when you retired , but I says how can you go on the train , you sure of that ? |
| 5 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 6 | But I says , that they were , I , that he were n't satisfied when it were vibrating and that . |
| 7 | Not exactly that , but I says do you know very much about boxing ? |
| 8 | Well I says I 'm very sorry but I says it 's six miles away in a store , we do n't attend stores in the evening , I 've nobody to come d I 've got Where the hell do you think I 'm going to sleep tonight ? |
| 9 | ‘ I deserved that , ’ said Lucy , looking pale and tired behind the sun-gold glow ( beat yourself up , Jay , you 've hurt the one you love ) , but I said it would n't work . |
| 10 | But I said nothing . ’ |
| 11 | But I said nothing . ’ |
| 12 | But I said that it is always a good sign when things go wrong before the night . |
| 13 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 14 | David did n't think it was a good idea but I said we could n't keep going out and using the phone box down the road . |
| 15 | Not that it mattered very much because he was living in my flat and was n't going to starve , but I said to him , there is only one way that you can make quick , ready money and that is going out in cabaret . |
| 16 | He wanted to speak to you but I said you had a string of interviews , so he coughed up to me , nae bother . |
| 17 | When I returned , six of my eleven chicks had died , but I said nothing . |
| 18 | But I said , ‘ what can I do ? ’ |
| 19 | But I said , I will take all this from you if I hear that you are playing at being the important person . |
| 20 | I said , ‘ My friend here , you know , he thinks he 's padlocking Highlander ’ … but I said , you know , ‘ Highlander is an idea — you ca n't padlock an idea . ’ |
| 21 | But I said it was impossible . |
| 22 | He wanted to take me to a disco but I said no . |
| 23 | It 'd been an embarrassment to me , but I said I was n't taking the bag , that the other guy could finish the round and that I 'd wait until tomorrow . |
| 24 | He wanted to hit driver off the tee , but I said , ‘ No , no , no . |
| 25 | He asked me to go full-time with him , but I said I was committed to Frank . |
| 26 | Your mother was saying perhaps I should give it to the kids , half to you , half to Debbie , but I said , no . |
| 27 | But I said no to all their offers . |
| 28 | But I said nothing . |
| 29 | He asked me to dance but I said I could n't . |
| 30 | The reply was , ‘ Yes , the ball touched by glove but I said nothing . ’ |