Example sentences of "[adv] i say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emptily I say to myself , ‘ It 's me , whoever I am . ’ |
| 2 | Miss Sowerby — by now an enthusiastic convert — and I had taken turns at massaging the damaged calf muscles , and suddenly I said to him , ‘ Jimbo , just imagine it 's you that 's making the muscles move . ’ |
| 3 | So I said to the organist , whose name was Bobby Page , ‘ I 'll come up on the organ . ’ |
| 4 | So I said to him , ‘ If you want to drive the Glory move your finger . ’ |
| 5 | So I said to my guitar tech , ‘ Just crank the Marshall right up . |
| 6 | So I said to them , ‘ Well , if I did n't talk you 'd say I was withdrawn , ’ and they did n't know how to answer that . |
| 7 | So I said to my blokes on several occasions , and they used to think I was a proper pain in the derriere I expect , Go up sort them out , do n't necessarily report them , advise them if necessary , if they consistently do it you 'll have to use a fixed penalty ticket . |
| 8 | So I said to him it was fine , |
| 9 | Course then he finished , they finished dredging at night on , at nineteen thirty two cos they said it was costing too much the did and erm they were building some new cranes down there , so I said to my father , and he was very friendly with the Harbourmaster , he said erm was there any chance of getting one of them cranes so when he went and saw the Harbourmaster he said no he said the boy do n't know nothing about electricity either so he said no nor did no other buggers he said they did n't know anything about it so he got the job . |
| 10 | Oh I know , he said erm , let me see , oh he says , er like that , if it was a narrow road er you er pretty well covered the road and I looked , I said , covered the road , I said I know I 'm big , but not that big a and of course everybody , the magistrates on the bench and everybody laughed , you see and there were newspaper reporters sitting down there writing all this down , you see and so I said to the sergeant , I said , would you be kind enough to send me a newspaper to er tonight and he to I am not sure if I can oh yes I think I did . |
| 11 | So I said to Robert Mapplethorpe , I do n't call that art , having your self portrait done with a whip stuck up your … ’ |
| 12 | So I said to Brian , right leave it . |
| 13 | So I said to him |
| 14 | Well she said that you 're going to join up at centre and that Lil , and that Lil so I said to me |
| 15 | So I said to her , you know , can I borrow fifty P off you till I see you later . |
| 16 | and erm , he said oh we 'll have something to eat so I said to Chris they had this great big bowl of chicken tikka , ooh |
| 17 | and er and so I said to Paul , Ann 'll get plenty conversation today . |
| 18 | So Neil said , well these invoices were n't forthcoming , so I said to them , the thing , the thing is , if we start work and we buy a load of equipment how are we gon na sort of , how long 's the cheque gon na , gon na be coming in , you know . |
| 19 | I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round |
| 20 | That little office , you know , so I said to Jean , you know , well let's turn this into an office |
| 21 | So I said to her she said would you like to go to the Regal so I said I do n't mind . |
| 22 | So I said to her while she was upstairs I got a pen I know it was a black one and I wrote in blue and put another N . |
| 23 | It 's like smoking So I said to Ann here you are you can bleeding have these . |
| 24 | So I said to him well mammy wants a freezer he said oh shut your mouth I 'm not getting you one . |
| 25 | So I said to the bloke in the shop have you got some shoes he can put , so they had to do it with his trainers on , but he 's made them extra long cos he 's trainer 's is that much bulkier , so er , I said to , he ca n't do it . |
| 26 | if we 'd got any young brothers or sisters if we wanted we could take them with us , fine , so I said to me brother Vic who 's three years younger than me |
| 27 | So I said to our Deb , come with I ? |
| 28 | Oh yeah , yeah but I , I but I just thought so I , so I , so I , so I said to him well I , if it was me I 'd just write back and say thanks , yes I 'll come actually , thank you very much |
| 29 | I thought going out tomorrow , so I said to Bob , |
| 30 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |