Example sentences of "say i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I say I know my two and goodness |
| 2 | Well well I say I rang them first time . |
| 3 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
| 4 | I asked him — I told him ‘ Shut up or you 'll wake Cathy too ’ and he got madder — he — he thinks — he says I keep them awake so — so — so I do n't have to go to bed with him . ’ |
| 5 | Arthur says I scratch them any way |
| 6 | But er , I met a chap this one day , he says well I , I saw you this morning taking milk out , he says I saw you this afternoon taking coal out , he said I see you tonight going playing tennis . |
| 7 | He says I bought you that bloody dress ring ye bloody years back . |
| 8 | But I always seem to end up lecturing when I 'm talking to him , you know instead of just saying , I was saying I want them all to be independent , you know ! |
| 9 | They went to see him today , they never took me there 's some more he keeps saying I love you all the time now |
| 10 | They went to see him today , they never took me there 's some more he keeps saying I love you all the time now |
| 11 | You saying I gave you some ? |
| 12 | I had one , as I said I had it all . |
| 13 | I said I thought it better to stay where I was . |
| 14 | He said I told them that . |
| 15 | She said I brought it last Tuesday |
| 16 | She said I have my good days and my bad days , said I had bad day yesterday not too bad . |
| 17 | it 's all I said no it 's not I said I paid me first er payment I said wrote it down on one of those papers |
| 18 | I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish |
| 19 | So I lied and said I detected nothing untoward in finding a bullet-riddled boat awash in the Bahamian seas . |
| 20 | So she said to help Mary out she said I gave her all the sweets and chocolate I had she said so the kids could have something to go over with . |
| 21 | I said an er I said do you think that I was n't a career woman , I said I gave it all up for yo er to have to look after my young babies and then when the babies were no longer young , when I got through that phase of my life I went back and combined looking after a home very adequately , thank you ! |
| 22 | But erm obviously what Gwen said I think we all , we all back up . |
| 23 | ( I think of this as the ‘ Women ca n't vote/Men ca n't cry ’ argument ; needless to say I find it trivial and banal . ) |
| 24 | Not sure what to expect but suffice it to say I found it worthwhile and stimulating |
| 25 | Well you can actually , but you ca n't say I like you any more but you can say I do n't like you any more . |
| 26 | I must say I like your natural colour best . |
| 27 | He had a point , though I ca n't say I appreciated his little joke at the time . |
| 28 | ‘ Did I say I wanted somethin' educational ? ’ |
| 29 | Then he seemed to think of something , and said , ‘ Why did you say I needed someone lively ? |
| 30 | You 've explained your position so far as the earrings go , Peter , and I accept your explanation , though I ca n't say I find it good enough . |