Example sentences of "say i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
| 2 | So I say I 'll ring him back . |
| 3 | say that 's not fair , say I shall miss you then wo n't I ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 6 | I say I will use it while I am here and give it back when I go . |
| 7 | Yeah say I can do it Wednesday nights , apart from that , you know it 's too bad sort of thing ! |
| 8 | So a fellow named Mr worked at he was a neighbour , I got talking to him he says I 'll mention it and you can come . |
| 9 | He says well I 'm not paying you for it , he says you put it on and it do n't work , he says well we want it back , he says well you take it back and put my parts on that you took off , he says we ca n't , he says well I 'm not paying you hundred and forty pound for a part that do n't work and he says , anyway he says er , are you sure it 's a hundred and forty pound he said , an oil filter cost ten pound at some places but they 're actually only two so if you di divide it by five that 's forty pounds , he says I 'll pay you forty pound , but I 'm not paying you no hundred and forty he said . |
| 10 | Cos she says er she fetched the blanket cos it were cold in there she says I 'll cover you up |
| 11 | so he says I 'll give him it after . |
| 12 | yeah , he said if he comes and give me a hand he says I 'll give him five P a hour |
| 13 | So anyway , this bloke says oh I 'll chase it up and I 'll see what 's going on , he says I 'll give you a ring in morning . |
| 14 | Anyhow er and when she was on the phone the other day I said to Irene oh er Muriel says I 'll bring it next time I come I 'll bring it . |
| 15 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 16 | She went up with little lad and he were watching it and he says I would n't mind this , well Arthur says I 'd al he 'd already taped it off telly and so he says I 'll tell you what you can have it if you give me a blank |
| 17 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 18 | And I goes well we 're smokeless and and she goes I 'm not bothered she says I 'll do you a swap . |
| 19 | so , I says I 'll meet you at quarter past twelve |
| 20 | He says I 'll show you , give me the shovel . |
| 21 | and it takes these batteries and everything and she says I 'll pick them up eleven cock , o'clock on Friday |
| 22 | and she says I 'll keep it till the week after |
| 23 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 24 | He says I 'll get her to come over and have a chat with you . |
| 25 | Oh he says I can get you one , I said I want to hear it first |
| 26 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
| 27 | He says I can have it . |
| 28 | Chris says I could do it with my eyes shut , but he 's biased . ’ |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | She somebody has fenced it off , she says I could see them far enough , she said , we always had that bit for our camp and it was further down the glen . |