Example sentences of "i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well let's say there was Joanne and Natalie sitting there and you and me say . |
| 2 | Me say me wan% go , you know , listen to some sound , and then " e say " you cyaan go sound , you too young to go sound " I say " Wha you mean by that ? " |
| 3 | So me say all me want is a poun " to get in [ inaudible ] and me ten pence bus fare . |
| 4 | Fraser 's fork took several forms , as I say : or one might prefer to say that there was more than one fork to reckon with . |
| 5 | In the courtyard where the Emperor s retinue awaited him , there were tens , no , I say it without exaggeration , hundreds eager to push their faces forward . |
| 6 | This kind of thing has been said about Hamlet , to whom , as I say , Kelman alludes , and more than alludes . |
| 7 | So at ten a-clack , I say , I rise . |
| 8 | I say please , faking . |
| 9 | I say no mine , perhaps the choice of location … he says it ca n't be your fault , you have made love to the most brilliant and beautiful men of your generation , you have slept with the great . |
| 10 | I say there are no great , there is no beautiful , there is only the thin filth of getting old , the thin layer of filth that gets to cover everything . |
| 11 | You 'll guess what happened when I say that I am now commanding the Company — and in the line I had a seraphic boy-lance-corporal as my sergeant-major . |
| 12 | And because , as I say , of my conventional background there seemed at the time a tendency to think of me as a reactionary young man . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I say , that 's a bit rich , do n't you know , ’ Peter Horbury said indignantly . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll want nobody leaving until I say so , ’ said Perkins . |
| 15 | ‘ I say , Inspector , what about the horseradish sauce ? |
| 16 | ‘ I say , Inspector , that does rather leave every avenue explored , does n't it ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , as I say , I thought she 'd put the money in my apron by accident . |
| 18 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 19 | ‘ Feed the fever , starve the cold and stuff the diet , that 's what I say . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ As I say , I 'll ring up the town hall and see what they say . |
| 21 | In for a penny , in for a pound , that 's what I say . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ As I say , I 'm quite a private person , but if that 's OK with everyone else I suppose … |
| 23 | I say we hit Paris , how about you ? ’ |
| 24 | And when I say stout supports , I mean stout . |
| 25 | Yeahhrrr I say . |
| 26 | Pretzels , I say , for God 's sake , bring on the pretzels . |
| 27 | When I fell in love with you , I say , feeling lyrical … |
| 28 | ‘ Hi , ’ I say , ‘ welcome back . ’ |
| 29 | I say , feeling ice cubes drop slowly into this volcano of longing . |
| 30 | ‘ See you , ’ I say and escape to City Road , where an off-licencee is opening and looks up surprised to see an office yuppie ( his definition ) among the line of winoes so early in the morning-o ! |