Example sentences of "[conj] i says [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Course I wisnae thinkin so I says Ah 'll have a wee cognac and Isabel 'll huv a Campari soda ! |
| 2 | She got a blue three piece suite , a blue carpet , there 's blue int curtains , and I says them curtains do n't match your three piece suite , they look stupid ! |
| 3 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
| 4 | I said because in the bloody book there 's no cars on the roundabout and I says it ! |
| 5 | And I says it 's |
| 6 | Aye anyway I says seeing 's it 's you I 'll go and tell him and I come upstairs so I come downstairs and I says he 's asleep , he says the idle get . |
| 7 | That wee lad , and then the one from called about two o'clock he says I says he 's not in so and I says he 's away to swim or something what time did he go at ? |
| 8 | she was saying now is he still going with the girl that he was , that he 's going wi he was going with and I says he 's still . |
| 9 | Well I says Andy cut it down a bit like , even if you could cut , cut it down a bit for and I says he ca n't afford to give big housekeeping money and plus try and get a bus away to Kilkeel and take out , or take the wee girl out , what do you call her , Sonia . |
| 10 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Because I had seen my young brother-in-law and I says I 'm gon na be like that then , did n't fe er feel any of this er at that time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Anyway because I were there with them you see he thought it were me that had got it and I says I have n't got it . |
| 15 | cos we got taken over and I says I said no ! |
| 16 | His dinner was l sitting under the grill , I lift it out , set it on the fucking table , and I says I 'm away in here to waken |
| 17 | you know and she says well I said that 's the only way Lindsey you 're going to get it and I says I mean that 's the only way you 're going to get it . |
| 18 | Yes she come yesterday afternoon I sat and I says I 'll have a go , I says then I had flu did n't I ? |
| 19 | and I says I have one not to swear , so it gets rubbed out if it 's too bad , you know she comes back , she comes back next Friday , she left twenty tapes and batteries |
| 20 | we were only thinking about it this morning and I says I would n't mind a break , you know , like , cos , I mean aunty Mary 's always inviting us , and , and we were talking about the cat |
| 21 | Do you know I calculate , I went on to him other night and I says you 've only nine week |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | Aye , three o'clock and I says you were away at |
| 24 | So no you got a full slice she fetched it , put it on table and I looked at it and I says she says what 's the matter , int everything alright ? |
| 25 | but Geoffrey says it , cos I says you got ta hit back you got ta do it , he says yes its all very well but its not just Stuart , its been Blankley , Da , Ja , erm Daniel its a load of them and they all get together its this Daniel bloke , bash his head in , I would really , I wish somebody I 'll bloody threaten him , I really do you know your big mates , bloody , he 's got no older brothers , I mean all your bloody six formers , I 'm sure they could frighten the little twat |
| 26 | He no it 's summat entirely different , cos I says he were being sarcastic and keep your mouth shut if you ca n't speak normal . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | when I says I 've got . |
| 29 | Though I says it as should n't , I could almost fancy a bowl o ’ that meself . ’ |