Example sentences of "say i [vb mod] do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 2 | Yeah say I can do it Wednesday nights , apart from that , you know it 's too bad sort of thing ! |
| 3 | And I goes well we 're smokeless and and she goes I 'm not bothered she says I 'll do you a swap . |
| 4 | Chris says I could do it with my eyes shut , but he 's biased . ’ |
| 5 | No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ? |
| 6 | and er D er er Dave was showing me how it works and he went out and the little one was saying I 'll do it for you granddad , look this is how you do it , and she starts typing away , and she 's four ! |
| 7 | I 'm not saying it 'll come out right , but that 's what I 'm saying I would do it . |
| 8 | a bit too advanced , stuff that I never got and all of a sudden I was still saying I could do it and I could n't any more so I , took me ages to get rid of that reputation cos why I know about you see , I forgotten what fucking hard too get rid of it |
| 9 | You 're saying I can do it a lot better than that . |
| 10 | Well I said I would do it and I 'll do it , I wo n't let them down , I 'll never let them down but |
| 11 | I said I 'll do it , OK ? |
| 12 | So she said I 'll do it on the computer and and I 'll let you know so we 're eighty pound behind well course we never sent one month at all ! |
| 13 | So she said I 'll do I 'll sort it out straight away for you well I had a phone call at |
| 14 | I said I can do it . |
| 15 | I said I 'd do it . ’ |
| 16 | I said I 'd do it , and I want to get some sputum samples for analysis to make sure he has n't got a chest infection . |
| 17 | she said cos she were talking , she knew tape were still running and she were pretending to say that she did n't say I could do it but she did |