Example sentences of "i say [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | then as I say we 'll discuss it towards the end . |
| 2 | Erm firstly because as I say it may prompt him into doing something if we write to him saying you 're making an application to court yourself . |
| 3 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 4 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
| 5 | So I say I 'll ring him back . |
| 6 | I say I will use it while I am here and give it back when I go . |
| 7 | And I say to your father , I say you will kill 'er ! |
| 8 | I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over . |
| 9 | I mean , the Anaglypta we 're painting looks lovely , but as I say you can re-paint it as it goes |
| 10 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 11 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 12 | I done it , I did it all neat and tidy the whole way round till we got round to the door and I says you can do it , no way am I cutting round there big chunk |
| 13 | So I give him one here you are er I says you can have it . |
| 14 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 15 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 16 | so , I says I 'll meet you at quarter past twelve |
| 17 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
| 18 | We ought to really , although I said we 'll leave them a lot of behind than the dinosaurs . |
| 19 | because we have , because it 's for the children , so I said we 'll do it , but that gives us an awful crush to get it in Friday the first week |
| 20 | Why should n't Fanshawe just have said to his wife , ‘ This young lady has missed her last train and since she lives in London I said we 'd give her a lift ’ ? |
| 21 | I said we 'd bring her . |
| 22 | Christine I said we 'd meet her by the baked beans so |
| 23 | That 's John , me boy , he 's a docker down the erm down the dock he got a weeks holiday this week , so I took me other boy and me daughter out last week and erm we 'd left her with dogs so I said we 'd take them out one day perhaps when he get his holiday . |
| 24 | He wants he 'll send us a er a rough erm sponsorship form cos I said we could do it on the computer you know , the |
| 25 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 26 | And Mark 's there , I said he 'll switch it off at night . |
| 27 | I did n't want John thinking that I said he would get her one . |
| 28 | No , I said he could borrow them , cos he 's in the team . |
| 29 | I do n't know how David 's Mum got there because he decided not to tell her , even though I said he could call her because it 's not really fair to get married without letting her know . ’ |
| 30 | Well I said I would do it and I 'll do it , I wo n't let them down , I 'll never let them down but |