Example sentences of "[coord] i say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm we got there and I says to my husband I says , oh , I says er , are you sure that tent 's safe ? |
| 2 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 3 | I phoned her and I says to her I says , . |
| 4 | And I says to Ray , are n't we using hopper nineteen ? |
| 5 | No no y No nobody 's thought of it until I stood there and watched it and I says to George the operator , I says , Right we 're gon na put a new chiller on here . |
| 6 | I ca n't , our Margaret 's drying it on radiators , and I says to Albert , what me mum doing with the dryer . |
| 7 | then I got sort of er saving because I got paid what redundancy protection and everything , and I says to her oh bugger it I 'm gon na pay that off and then |
| 8 | And I says to him you 're always smiling |
| 9 | And he says erm er , one pound eighty and I says to him what ? |
| 10 | And I come home and I says to him , I 'm not having this no more . |
| 11 | And I says to him , you 're not supposed to use this entrance . |
| 12 | And I says to Steve , I says , I ca n't keep affording this ! |
| 13 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 14 | conked out other day and he thought it were points , he changed points and I says to him have you changed plugs ? |
| 15 | and I says to him that 's one thing you never get at that , that one at Top Shop |
| 16 | And I says to I says erm |
| 17 | I never realised Chris owed me a fiver for me wage and I says to him I had to pay me bill for me food for week and it was like six quid . |
| 18 | And I says to him , have you got a fiver ? |
| 19 | Yeah , travel line , and I says to her I said I 'm looking at this V F M bus timetable I says the five two , one I said it goes down ? |
| 20 | you know and I says like |
| 21 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 22 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 23 | And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’ |
| 24 | And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’ |
| 25 | On another occasion , she wrote : ‘ We were in the bedroom and I said to mother : ‘ What is that ? ’ , referring to an overmantel mirror . |
| 26 | And I said to him — we had a fairly frank relationship — I said , ‘ Listen , Ron , I 'm going to be here tomorrow , and you 're not ; and I 've got to be comfortable . ’ |
| 27 | And I said to the Lord , in my pride , ‘ No , it 's okay Lord , it 's not for another twenty minutes ’ . ’ |
| 28 | She was dressed differently but it was the same face , the same hair , the same pleasant manner , and I said to her , well I put it to her , was she a twin ? |
| 29 | There was a reception desk behind a window , and I said to the girl — she had a sun-dress on , not even a uniform — ‘ That boy — where did he go ? ’ |
| 30 | And I said to him , ‘ But how did you know an antelope was there ? ’ |