Example sentences of "[pers pn] say [interj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say yeah I must have done must n't I ? |
| 2 | well , like I 'd say I 'd go down to post office , I say no I 'll go with ya , it was raining last Thursday , I said no I 'll go with ya , so I said I 'll wait and see if it 'll , it 'll be fine , but he 's not like that he 's an old , I would n't , well |
| 3 | As I say yes I can do it erm There was a couple of things |
| 4 | and then er I thought oh I might as well put some veg in , you know , so I put some veg in , so when we , I says oh I 'll do this , I 'll do this stew , you know , nearly to finish it like , and erm when we come in we 'll have a meal ready for us , it were right nice coming into it meal ready |
| 5 | Anyhow it was like the sea and boats and everything else and I used to I was working in a shop and I use to get up early in the morning and go down and tally all the numbers and names of the boats and and there was an old man came in to shop while I was working in and asked about a certain boat , I says oh I can tell you , trek down . |
| 6 | Norma got a huge big chip with chicken dip and then we brought Fred back something to eat as well , we were starving , and I got home last night and I was gon na make myself a sandwich but mummy-in-law was in bed so I says och I 'll just go to bed myself . |
| 7 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 8 | Oh I said ooh I ca n't ee fancy nowt you know , the weather and the he said well if you just want one on , have a want , and , I said well I did n't wan na put you , you know you know go and put the bets on it |
| 9 | I said oh I 'll give her some , oh no she said she do n't want no money for it . |
| 10 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 11 | but , so I said oh I 'll have it for a month and then I 'll tell you then whether |
| 12 | ca n't do it any other way , so I said oh I 'll go and have a look , I 've got to go down town and |
| 13 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 14 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 15 | On Monday yeah and I said oh I 'd like to see you I 've got a present for you . |
| 16 | I said yes I can , stick it straight on . |
| 17 | I said yes I can rise to the occasion as well . |
| 18 | Erm , and so I said no I ca n't afford that , cos I sold my shares you see . |
| 19 | I said no I ca n't I 'm on tablets . |
| 20 | Yeah she said erm you have it my love do n't you worry but I said no I 'll give you some no no I do n't want no money for it at all she said , you take it my love . |
| 21 | I said no I 'll buy it off her she said no our mother do n't want no money . |
| 22 | saying she 's spoke to you about some development plan or something I she said shall I bring it round to you , I said no I 'll ask . |
| 23 | well , like I 'd say I 'd go down to post office , I say no I 'll go with ya , it was raining last Thursday , I said no I 'll go with ya , so I said I 'll wait and see if it 'll , it 'll be fine , but he 's not like that he 's an old , I would n't , well |
| 24 | I said no I would n't I said cos I do n't accept cheques . |
| 25 | And I started another one and I said no I wo n't be able to this and got back to the other one and did the other one . . |
| 26 | she said do you wan na come in and look at the kitchen now and I said no I wo n't stop now I 'll work |
| 27 | I said yeah I will . |
| 28 | So I said yeah I can do so he said bring your van down , so I never said nothing so Bob said , got any like your dad had |
| 29 | you know this is so she says oh I 'll probably see ya , er one night she was er cutting all the up for the rest of the week like , she said do you want a bet on the the big race this Saturday ? |
| 30 | She phoned this morning and I said I ca n't come and collect it cos I 'm here by myself she said oh I 'll bring it in , that 's alright , no problem but er we 're going away to Gloucester at two o'clock |