Example sentences of "[conj] i says [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm we got there and I says to my husband I says , oh , I says er , are you sure that tent 's safe ? |
| 2 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 3 | I phoned her and I says to her I says , . |
| 4 | And I says to Ray , are n't we using hopper nineteen ? |
| 5 | No no y No nobody 's thought of it until I stood there and watched it and I says to George the operator , I says , Right we 're gon na put a new chiller on here . |
| 6 | I ca n't , our Margaret 's drying it on radiators , and I says to Albert , what me mum doing with the dryer . |
| 7 | then I got sort of er saving because I got paid what redundancy protection and everything , and I says to her oh bugger it I 'm gon na pay that off and then |
| 8 | And I says to him you 're always smiling |
| 9 | And he says erm er , one pound eighty and I says to him what ? |
| 10 | And I come home and I says to him , I 'm not having this no more . |
| 11 | And I says to him , you 're not supposed to use this entrance . |
| 12 | And I says to Steve , I says , I ca n't keep affording this ! |
| 13 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 14 | conked out other day and he thought it were points , he changed points and I says to him have you changed plugs ? |
| 15 | and I says to him that 's one thing you never get at that , that one at Top Shop |
| 16 | And I says to I says erm |
| 17 | I never realised Chris owed me a fiver for me wage and I says to him I had to pay me bill for me food for week and it was like six quid . |
| 18 | And I says to him , have you got a fiver ? |
| 19 | Yeah , travel line , and I says to her I said I 'm looking at this V F M bus timetable I says the five two , one I said it goes down ? |
| 20 | you know and I says like |
| 21 | S maybe if I says to him away you go to your granny 's and then and you 're not taking anything with you . |
| 22 | Cos I says to who did that ? |
| 23 | Cos I says to her , I says , do you want a turkey sandwich and well , there was only like a quarter of a tin left . |
| 24 | No she ai n't got the Family Allowance , she says oh I was gon na leave that cos I says to her I says have you drawn your Family Allowance ? |
| 25 | Cos I says to Margaret well how much |
| 26 | it is all wrong , cos I says to Stuart we had , we were at him Monday , I says why is it this year I says I get a , a thing to go to court on Monday , I says and yet last year I says I did n't pay mine till end of February she says oh well they 're getting stricter this year she says , oh you 've got a court thing fifteen pound and I says yeah and she says paying that , I said no I 'm not paying that cos I pay what I owe , I said but I 'm not paying the fifteen pound court cost |
| 27 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 28 | 'Cos I says to her one day , well why do n't you ask yer , your relation , if he 'll er , if he 'll give yer a job . |
| 29 | I was just takin' off my apron in the smithy when I says to the guv'nor : |