Example sentences of "[pers pn] say [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know because we often talk to artists and we ask you know how it happened and and most of them say like topsy it just grew er that that there 's no planned career but with you with the tours er set and the album set it it seems to be more of a controlled career with you two . |
| 2 | I say over Christmas though my car was in its garage in bits . |
| 3 | In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations . |
| 4 | And do you know what I say to friend greybeard ? |
| 5 | I mean Friday night we do n't do much anyway you know , I mean it 's like everything else if I do n't , if I say to mum , mum we 've got nothing to do , I mean it 's like everything else you ca n't afford to go out and do what , things that you would like to do , but you know like bingo and things , so we al , we get a game of cards going just to stop the rot and the boredom |
| 6 | Oh you will be then that 's what I say to Kev bloody well ask ! |
| 7 | I say to daddy , when I got the money mate and I 've now I 'm now putting ten pound a week for fat Harry . |
| 8 | In morning dawnlight I say to doctor sorry . |
| 9 | I say with caution for tuck and slip , because you have to consider how many rows any particular needle will tuck or slip . |
| 10 | I say with caution on slip and punch lace , since doubling the width of slip can give very long messy floats with some patterns , while with punch lace it can give too many stitches , side by side , knitted only with the fine yarn . |
| 11 | ‘ When people laugh at the things I say on stage , they 're laughing with me , not at me , ’ she explained . |
| 12 | I say without qualification that home rule without proportional representation would not be home rule at all , and I would not support any measure to bring devolved government to Scotland which did not have PR as its centrepiece , for , however desirable it would be to create a Parliament in Edinburgh , to create one as unfair and undemocratic as that which we have here would be a betrayal of the people of Scotland . |
| 13 | And all I say in response is , please get up , write on petitions , send them in to M Ps , send them in to the unions . |
| 14 | ‘ And you will hold everything I say in confidence ? |
| 15 | But what I am saying in context , no this has a deal to do with the co boundaries , as you know erm the honourable member well knows , the essence of this this is wholly inappropriate in terms of erm trying to latest citizenship through an arrangement of six additional boundaries into a erm union and a political state and I think that that is the profound objection that this side of the house has expressed over a long period of time now , is a reflection of the public mood in the country in respect of this election and the way the boundaries er are are erm apportioned and all I say in conclusion is that this is an evidence further of the irrelevance of this house in reflecting and attesting to public opinion outside . |
| 16 | For though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely , that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal … |
| 17 | The closest he comes to it is , I think , in the passage quoted earlier in which he says that ‘ though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal ’ . |
| 18 | I says of course , yes right he says , I really enjoyed he says you know , so I mean that made my day that did Dare n't tell Shirl , sh otherwise she 'll say you 'll do all the cooking ! |
| 19 | Well somebody 's been he says , I says it were Linda , I says with little'un , I says you give it young'un , he says I did did n't I ? |
| 20 | As I said on Second Reading , there is an explosion of opportunity for our young people . |
| 21 | ‘ Bernini , ’ I said at length . |
| 22 | Yes in fact , to be perfectly honest with you the relationship is a bit more than she wants Ron is a bit of a pain I told him over and over again not to push his luck , I said for goodness sake , Ron , be grateful for what you 've got apparently she does n't like to make love with the lights on I said well if that 's what she does n't like that 's what she does n't like , you 're not going to change a woman of sixty eight ! |
| 23 | I said for heaven sake girls , not only trying to cut down on the expensive just because obviously trying to start up on their own . |
| 24 | I said with regret , ‘ Good night , ’ and she went abruptly into her own domain and closed the door . |
| 25 | I said with difficulty . |
| 26 | ’ It has its character , ’ I said with sentiment . |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ I said with interest . |
| 28 | I said with interest , ‘ That 's profound . ’ |
| 29 | I said with interest . |
| 30 | ‘ It does n't fit , ’ I said with satisfaction . |