Example sentences of "say [interj] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People say oh I 'll take it from minus five to plus five . |
| 2 | you 'd see a lot more things of interest and maybe say oh I 'll take it from minus fifteen to plus fifteen . |
| 3 | As I say yes I can do it erm There was a couple of things |
| 4 | So anyway , this bloke says oh I 'll chase it up and I 'll see what 's going on , he says I 'll give you a ring in morning . |
| 5 | Oh I ask him , he said that when he was here he says oh I 'll pick them up another time |
| 6 | Anyhow it was like the sea and boats and everything else and I used to I was working in a shop and I use to get up early in the morning and go down and tally all the numbers and names of the boats and and there was an old man came in to shop while I was working in and asked about a certain boat , I says oh I can tell you , trek down . |
| 7 | I said oh I 'll give her some , oh no she said she do n't want no money for it . |
| 8 | She phoned this morning and I said I ca n't come and collect it cos I 'm here by myself she said oh I 'll bring it in , that 's alright , no problem but er we 're going away to Gloucester at two o'clock |
| 9 | And er , it went wrong so she took her daughter 's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I 'll take it this Sunday and I 'll fix it for you , of course with John working away he took the television |
| 10 | but , so I said oh I 'll have it for a month and then I 'll tell you then whether |
| 11 | Keith was gon na buy me eternity ring then he said oh I 'll buy you a watch instead . |
| 12 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 13 | Erm , and then Marie 's , to pick up , she gets me milk erm er fo sick of running out of milk and she goes every , twice a week to , to get er , main shopping and just milk on Friday , and she said oh I can get you milk so |
| 14 | Oh Deborah was moaning cos she went to a party the other last one this week , I think at the beginning of the week , and the had Joey the clown and Mr Nuttey , she said oh I 'd like them , but Sue said she went sort of a bit earlier and see how they got on and eh , she said oh it was n't the same at five , they did n't respond and . |
| 15 | No , cos Sandra 's got a little puppy she said oh I 'd like you to come and see the cottage and er my puppy . |
| 16 | Yeah she said erm you have it my love do n't you worry but I said no I 'll give you some no no I do n't want no money for it at all she said , you take it my love . |
| 17 | I said no I 'll buy it off her she said no our mother do n't want no money . |
| 18 | She said no I can hear it . |
| 19 | Cos it was very high pitched and er Rob said aye I can hear it as well ! |
| 20 | By rights you know , would you mind moving into Concorde so can have Brunel , I mean I 've got I 'm , I 'd like to say yes I 'll do my move into Concorde broom cupboard |
| 21 | Want 's a transfer , there was hundred 's of people on the list to try and get this way , I mean it 's like this women who took Jane 's house , to swop Jane , she did n't even come and look at Jane , she said yes I 'll have it |
| 22 | So I rang you and then Lyn said yeah I 'll get her to call you and then you rang me back so it was as though Lyn had give you the message to call me |
| 23 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 24 | Whe whereas the building trade would say oh I 'll take you , you 're a friend of mine , I 'll take you you 're a friend of I can take you , you 're a friend . |