Example sentences of "[pron] say [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says I 'm gon na stop with me father and they said well , we 're sorry to lose you but we know this trade 's know good to you and we hope that you 'll stay with your dad and , well I did , I stayed with me dad until , as I say after I come out of the army and they would n't let me increase me coal trade . |
| 2 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 3 | But as I say that I recommend them because they were er excellent . |
| 4 | You will understand , I 'm sure , when I say that I hope Jessie has found peace by now , and is no longer a drain on you . |
| 5 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this . |
| 7 | I say that I thought we had already been through all this . |
| 8 | When I say that I mean I 'm operating without back-up . |
| 9 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |
| 10 | When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral , I mean that quite literally . |
| 11 | I am sure that I am not alone when I say that I learned more through the Iii-service courses organised by Basil Rocke than through my entire period of earlier , formal training . |
| 12 | ‘ Now do you believe me when I say that I did n't touch you in order to prove some theory about your boyfriend meaning nothing to you ? ’ |
| 13 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 14 | I think , while I say that I want children , and do I have a child , that i , it 's not made particularly easy . |
| 15 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 16 | But forgive me , Lord , if I say that I have no inclination towards another marriage . ’ |
| 17 | I say that I have been sick with flu . |
| 18 | It is in my body qua sensitive that sensations occur ; and the occurrence of a sensation in some part of my body qua sensitive is all that I mean when I say that I feel a sensation in some part of my body . |
| 19 | ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’ |
| 20 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 21 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 22 | Erm , I certainly do n't do it , the way that I say that I do it . |
| 23 | In London I work through three agencies — you note that I say that I work through — I do n't know what you guys get in Rome , but here it is through … that 's most of the time … ’ |
| 24 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 25 | I I say but I do n't feel as I want |
| 26 | Yeah mm a bit like I say when I went to that dentist surgery at er Leicester |
| 27 | But I , I say if I get sh publicity I er if I say do , if I say cos we have n't got a premium lager on draft so if I stick Stella on draught |
| 28 | if I say if I say three |
| 29 | Well , like I say if I want to bring my family , I 've got to pay five pound which |
| 30 | ‘ Listen , ’ I say as I creak to my feet , ‘ can I help with the washing up or something ? ’ |