Example sentences of "say [conj] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People say that I can handle myself , but they have no idea what some of us went through . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't always ignore what they say but I can say it 's a lot of crap . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
| 4 | And soon , when I 'm old enough — he has said that I may have his camera , and take pictures for myself . |
| 5 | I had said that I would find it easier on my own and she had been hurt , for normal mothers and daughters went together on this expedition , lunching in a department store and discussing the newly acquired contents of the carrier bags that lay at their feet . |
| 6 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 7 | Alice were having I said just lend me that twenty pound note cos you , and God knows what she thought the bill was I says I 've got seven pound , I says just lend me your twenty pound note , I says you 'll still have enough to pay I says and I 'll give you it back when I get home , you know ? |
| 8 | and he 's Ron you 're going to experience a lot of things that you 're not going be happy about he says but I 'll let you find out for yourself . |
| 9 | When he told me to strip I refused , saying that I would change my clothes only if he left the room . |
| 10 | If I 'm if I I am in luxurious position of saying that I can fit you in to some of these companies . |
| 11 | He seemed so pleased with himself that I could n't help saying that I should mind them very much myself but that I had no objection to his wearing them — a view which I believed surprised him . |
| 12 | I meant it when I said that I would do anything . |
| 13 | She seemed most impressed , and said that I should meet her boyfriend who was looking for a bass player , and so I joined his jazz-rock band back in 1973 and we did some touring in Britain . |
| 14 | They said that I should return it in its box , with the receipt . |
| 15 | This he did and later in the evening he said that I could keep them . |
| 16 | A few months later he decided not to publish the book but with tremendous generosity said that I could use whatever I wanted from it . |
| 17 | No , I said well I said that I 'd appreciate it cos it 's worth a go and she said oh yes I agree with you there . |
| 18 | But they always said that I must bring my own orchestra . |
| 19 | That is not to say that I shall select my facts to fit my theory , I shall rather select those general impressions that I have gathered in the course of my geological wanderings . |
| 20 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 21 | She said if I could get us chucked outside the cinema , chucked out the cinema cos Billy said he 'd get us chucked out the cinema for , she goes and we can all pretend we do n't them . |
| 22 | and she said if I could try it before oh , er |
| 23 | erm , no she said if I could try it |
| 24 | And afterwards he said if I 'd do it now and again just to keep the others on their toes , he 'd make up my wages . ’ |
| 25 | Er last night Arthur said oh said I think I 'll work extra tomorrow he said and I 'll take you out for Sunday lunch Sunday . |
| 26 | she said and I 'll save one |
| 27 | for you I said and I should think I said it 's your , your own erm |
| 28 | He said you go up and lay in your bedroom he said and I can send her up when she comes in . |
| 29 | I said no she 's in bed at the moment I said but I will give her a shout . |
| 30 | ‘ I could always ask a policeman , ’ I said before I could stop myself . |