Example sentences of "i say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I say to any pensioner in this hall or watching on the television , you have personally been robbed of over £2,000 . |
| 2 | I say to him , if he did more gardening , more real gardening , more digging , he would keep more lissom . ’ |
| 3 | I say to you , coming straight from the Cabinet councils , the thing is not finished . |
| 4 | I say to the orchestra , this is not the way ; you must think of the last bars as a fermata , a fermata that lasts the entire length of the coda . |
| 5 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Somethin 's goin' on , ’ I say to them . |
| 7 | I say to him , ‘ No , my horses suit me . |
| 8 | So I say to this German girl , ‘ Here , you take the camera . |
| 9 | I say to Lee , ‘ Make a five . |
| 10 | I say to God , ‘ Here 's my pay cheque , Lord , you want the whole thing ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ For I say to you , unless you become as one of these you shall never enter the kingdom of Heaven . |
| 12 | ‘ When I am shaving in the morning I say to myself that if I were a young man I would emigrate . |
| 13 | I say to ministers : put this particular bottle of ineffective medicine in the cupboard and forget about it . |
| 14 | ‘ I say to this little voice — thank you for your opinion , go back to your room . ’ |
| 15 | Bina , I say to myself — you think these people will be nice to you because you 're your parents ' daughter , because you 're Cal 's friend and she 's pretty , because you 're Chris 's … |
| 16 | In Romans 12:3 Paul says , ‘ For by the grace given me I say to every one of you : Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought , but rather think of yourself with sober judgment , in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you . ’ |
| 17 | Well , as I say to me old mate Keef ( cor , strike a light , there 's a crazy geezer an' no mistake ! ) … |
| 18 | Sometimes I say to him , ‘ OK , I 'm off now to fuck my lover in the sand dunes . ' ’ |
| 19 | ‘ When I say to people that Edward Wood [ Irwin 's name before his ennoblement on appointment to the viceroyalty ] seems to me the highest kind of Englishman now in politics , many of them ’ , Begbie admitted , ‘ look surprised and perplexed . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I say to kids , go down to the high street bank , see the bank manager and find out whether he 'll lend you the fifty grand you need to make this record . |
| 21 | I say to myself . |
| 22 | ‘ No more questions , ’ I say to people who ask them . |
| 23 | ’ 'Cos if I find a bit of meat , I say to myself , ‘ 'ello — meyat ! ’ ’ |
| 24 | He did not flinch from declaring ‘ I say to you ’ and then made astounding claims about himself . |
| 25 | ‘ I say to you , stand up , take your bed and go home . ’ |
| 26 | Now it does n't matter what I say to him or how hard Phil Boersma works him in the gym or in training — Barnes has to do it himself . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's almost new , ’ I say to the customer . |
| 28 | You see I never believe in smoke without fire , and when our man is nicked on a spying charge then I say to myself that somebody got at him , somebody asked a favour of him , somebody got round him . |
| 29 | Still lost , I say to myself , ‘ Where am 1 ? ’ and reply , ‘ Here ’ . |
| 30 | Emptily I say to myself , ‘ It 's me , whoever I am . ’ |