Example sentences of "[noun sg] i say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I said no staying at , mum , she said well bring mum I said I do n't think her a her her scene . |
| 3 | ‘ It is indeed , my lord — with all my heart I say it is . ’ |
| 4 | Of course I said I did . ’ |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | ‘ Well , how would you feel if at some point in the future I said I wanted to go back to Australia ? ’ |
| 7 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 8 | He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well . |
| 9 | aggro I said no money no cars ! you 'll get a car I said I know you will he said ! |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | own place I said I should think you really , you know |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I said it 's no good asking my opinion I said it looks alright to me . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | But then , I was ready ter do all o' those fings the day I said I 'd marry yer . |
| 21 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
| 22 | Yes , the time when it has to come in , the day I say I want to collect it , now you might need to say to yourself , oh dear , Mrs said the deadline was , have I met it ? |
| 23 | and in the head I says they could be washed , and dried and put away . |
| 24 | I said no , but yo you 've got your marks on your wall I said I can cha do it now . |
| 25 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 26 | ‘ You will recall that in my statement last night I said I would reserve further comment . |
| 27 | I said to him if if , last night I said I probably . |
| 28 | Oh Carole came in er Saturday night I says you 've no skirt on looking for John , I said |
| 29 | I says my god I says it 'll never be known that my brother said that you can be anything and that was first thing he ever gave me . |
| 30 | I went oh god I said I 'll go and get it for you . |