Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [conj] i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ? |
| 2 | She did n't believe me when I said I was sure it was because she was n't taking the carriage far enough over to the right , clearing the pattern selector . |
| 3 | David did n't believe me when I said he was black . |
| 4 | ‘ So that , when he 'd done it , nobody would believe me when I said about us getting married . |
| 5 | ‘ You did n't believe me when I said I had n't distracted Simon and you would n't have believed me if I 'd told you it was your child I might be carrying , ’ she replied , her voice shaking a little despite all her efforts to project a calm image . |
| 6 | Old did n't believe me when I said this afternoon . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them . |
| 9 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 10 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 11 | — And she wo n't believe it if I say owt bad about him . |
| 12 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 13 | ‘ I knew I could stop him if I said I was hungry , ’ he said when it was all over . |
| 14 | My pension , if I did n't have it if I say I do n't want the lump sum , the twenty one grand . |
| 15 | Nobody will blame me if I say that in the circumstances I became very uneasy . |
| 16 | you know plenty of other little girls that would want to look after him , and I said it 's no good relying on Vicky because she , the little sister , she 's nine , she was too young to do things by herself , you know , I said there 's no way you can let , leave it all to Vicky , so that if you do n't want him any more you must tell me and I said there 'll be no hard feelings but that 's it , cos he comes first at the end of the day , so she said oh I , oh I have been naughty have you been ? |
| 17 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 18 | you know she told me about it , she says I think I must mention it and I said okay I wo n't do it any more and she said oh please do it , we need you to do it she said especially the letter formation , she says what just try and encourage him to write any old letters , just to make sure that he can form them without copying them |
| 19 | Last night we were shopping , I wanted to go and get something cos I said to her right can you ? |
| 20 | He goes well maybe the photos just do n't compliment her and I said yeah but they , I think they did , they 're really complimentary . |
| 21 | Okay , everybody seems as though they 've finished right can you put your as I say team one team two team three please , one , two , three |
| 22 | In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations . |
| 23 | cos when I went , when Ben went to nursery school erm he wanted a box out of the break out of the office , I said no you 're not , I said Father Christmas is going to come and collect that , I said he 's gon na wrap them and I said he 's gon na come and deliver it |
| 24 | I think they 're perhaps , if anything too generous because er , I will remind you as I said of the , at least three hundred companies who are doing pretty effective work in this area . |
| 25 | I know Shanti 's first mother will forgive me if I say that when our little girl first came , she was in a very disturbed state . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I say that he has the same problem with me that I have with the Whips Office . |
| 27 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will forgive me if I say that the Treasury , as always , seems to have made rather heavy weather of this matter . |
| 28 | But he did n't say anything when I said he has put a bit of weight on . |