Example sentences of "[unc] [conj] i say [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 A a as I say it do it does go quickly when you you know , work , as I say , you got the dogs in the morning , the dogs in the evening and you got to feed them and
2 Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top .
3 If you hear of anybody that wants a any , well a as I say I get to the point where I 've got to need the work somebody , you know ?
4 But er like I say it 's not like the old concerts .
5 Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise .
6 Er but I say it , I was just using that as an example of how it brought it home to me how easy it is to get in .
7 So er as I say we do accept this but we have to er be careful just how much we undertake , and mercifully on this case there is no time limit , a and also I think we have the assurance from the board of world mission and unity , that they and any others who are , have something to offer , will help us .
8 And er as I say we had a concert after this but th th I ca n't remember whether they were professionals or whether any good amateur people .
9 Er as I say they were a U K company .
10 Oh no you Well again er as I say I I 'm speaking in in my own time , er and in my time you were left school before you started in the yard at all , aye .
11 Well er as I say I think , er if if if the County Council are are insisting that any new settlement erm should be self contained , I think one would need to see what that definition is before we can be clear as to whether or not it has it has strategic implications .
12 Is she , where , is she actually proposing that these should be located ? in , in the countryside , in , in towns ? because they 're sens sensitivities o on that particular on the siting of that er particular activity and er we 're seen it elsewhere , er , those of us who have been on this committee for some time will know the concern that there are about the location of waste recycling facilities and er as I say I would hate that we would have a list of sites across the county which would just start paying us money and quite frankly should never be started .
13 And erm we used to kick this tin down the hill and er as I say it would roll down and we would all go and hide anywhere , back garden , front garden , over a wall , round a corner , anywhere like that you see .
14 Yeah , I think it 's b as I say it 's because I think people are wary I mean you know , not sure who 's who .
15 . So the nest day I s As I say I slammed the phone down
16 To Tony was telling me that er he was asked that Walsall needed the money so he was asked to be transferred to Port Vale , which he did but er I think he was past his best and he , he 'd came down back here and played a couple of times with Port Vale , and er but erm like I say he was past his best .
17 I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up .
18 I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century .
19 Erm as I say we are known in the village and this is , er this is what it 's all about .
20 Well this is erm as I say we , we , we could 've been somewhere in the region of two hundred and fifty thousand just on the I T issues alone .
21 Erm as I say he was a he was brilliant man er I mean we all we I 'm about one of the last of the ones that were taught under him .
22 So erm as I say she 's er
23 So now can you see how politically , there is a kind of political subtext to this section erm as I say you can only follow it so far down a road then you come to a dead end but I think it 's there and you ca n't really ignore it , the political subtext .
24 Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side .
25 Yes it 's switched on So erm as I say I feel very ill prepared .
26 I do n't , I 've never known of any , no I have n't know of any at Willenhall , but erm as I say it 's a long way you know through
27 Erm as I say it turned the the element on but no fan blowing air over it to cool it
28 Erm as I say it was about ten to five to eleven and Bob said what are you you know what 's Ron doing ?
29 Erm as I say it 's Gavin erm and my number 's That 's lovely , thanks for your help .
30 I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ?
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