Example sentences of "[noun] i say [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well .
2 To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper .
3 I said no staying at , mum , she said well bring mum I said I do n't think her a her her scene .
4 ‘ It is indeed , my lord — with all my heart I say it is . ’
5 Of course I said I did . ’
6 And they looked like that and I says , what , I says , they 've caused these men to earn all this money I says they 're earning more money than and that 's all you 're gon na offer me ?
7 When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’
8 Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back !
9 ‘ Well , how would you feel if at some point in the future I said I wanted to go back to Australia ? ’
10 and he was saying to me er , he says Jean I says I live and learn and er he says , you know when he says , he talks through his nose , he says you know if they had 've left Sandy Row the way it was and just put bathrooms in and he says and the way it is
11 And she looked at me and blinked her eyes I says you what means .
12 I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . .
13 He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well .
14 so I said if you go up and see Pat I said I 'm sure Pat will say well you know why do n't you use the kitchen and come and live in
15 aggro I said no money no cars ! you 'll get a car I said I know you will he said !
16 Because here I think we see one of the chief reasons why Freud adopted the term libido and why when we talked about libido through last term I said we would see that there were some very good reasons in Freud 's erm application of his ideas to society for having this libido and that now we 've come to it , what what kind of libido are Dean and Duncan talking about ?
17 er , I said if it had been a normal Saturday I said we 'd have cancelled that you know , we 'd have met you in Duffley but er , I said my mum 's supposed to be dancing .
18 That Saturday I said I was going to collect John 's suitcase from Susan .
19 I said to Sue I said I ca n't ring and tell him I ai n't going I says , I 'll upset him too much .
20 He he says I give it to Maggie , I says you did n't give it to Maggie I says you give it to Linda 's lad .
21 When I first bowled to him in the nets I said it was like bowling to Zaheer Abbas .
22 To avoid any more personal suffering I say he should contemplate going now to give his successor the chance to build a proper team to qualify for the World Cup finals .
23 And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this .
24 I did say to him once that er I said if you do n't want that ivy I said you chuck it out , chop it down and throw it over my side cos it 's my responsibility
25 own place I said I should think you really , you know
26 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 !
27 I said and that 's why cos Paul said to me , he said , I never hear you moan , I said look you wo n't hear me moan because it 's not that I enjoy the job I hate the job I said I hate the work , and I find it hard work but at the end of the day on a Friday , I know that six o'clock in the morning on a Friday I can go up to the Nationwide Anglia , slip my card in there and I know there 's gon na be a couple of hundred of quid in there with the
28 We bought these two sloping chairs right and Tony , where our seats were there was a big light in the ceiling , a big round light there , and it shone straight in the side of me eye I said we ca n't sit here .
29 I said it 's no good asking my opinion I said it looks alright to me .
30 Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes
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