Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SO I SAYS TO HIM , OK LOUDMOUTH , LET'S SEE YOU TAKE OVER MY COMPANY ! |
| 2 | But I was gon na tell you about there was one day I was at for money and I 'm coming up the road , and here this chap was standing in the road and er kind of thumbing a lift , so I says to him , I stopped and I often lift people in the road but er after he got into the , I had an old Bradford van at the time , and he said er , I said to him , I says , are you on a hiking holiday ? |
| 3 | So I says to Pete , right , start as we mean to go on , I refuse to pay any more than the cleanup rate . |
| 4 | Cos it finishes at half eleven , so I says to him , oh great ! |
| 5 | And , so I says to him d' ya fancy going to fish shop ? |
| 6 | So I says to Maggie , we 'll phone insurance , I put her on t' phone , and she said he were , he were right clever with her ! |
| 7 | She wanted them so I says to her if she wanted them |
| 8 | so I said erm cos I 've been in so I says to her cos you want some fags |
| 9 | cos it was all fresh cos he was gon na get meat tomorrow and the following day , so I says to him I says well why did n't you use your cheque book ? , he says oh I never thought of that he says , cos it takes a few days to get it , he do n't know with a cheque book |
| 10 | So I says round the back or something . |
| 11 | So I goes to the cab rank , and gets up on the box . |
| 12 | So I goes in the house and fetches this trap did n't I ? |
| 13 | So I works for Mr Francis . |
| 14 | I went in her bedroom last night , switched the light on , went I thought I 'd seen lightning and I thought oh I could n't have seen lightning , anyway I goes to . |
| 15 | Anyway I says to Alice it 's not fair getting in somebody 's car feeling the way I feel I says and puking in car . |
| 16 | yesterday I says to her , cos she goes to Redditch to college |
| 17 | So I said , Tom , like I says to Tom . |
| 18 | But like I fits in quite well . |
| 19 | I mean I , I tell you straight I talks to my girls |
| 20 | But now I feels as if I 've got a sh a name of a doctor |
| 21 | Now I Goggles on time folks . |
| 22 | aha , well I says to Billy we 'll go shopping |
| 23 | Well I says to her , I says what , do wo n't they have a big gap ? |
| 24 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
| 25 | Well I says to him I says well make sure , well it 's five past eight he 'd get in instead of five past seven |
| 26 | Well I says to Lindsey , said if you ever want me out of that hospital Lindsey you 'd better start and be good . |
| 27 | Well I says to your mother one time when we 'd been downtown and your passing through |
| 28 | Well I says to her , the way she slagged you off , I said , nowt to do with you . |
| 29 | Well I seems like every bank 's lending ! |
| 30 | Then I says to her eh up duck ! |