Example sentences of "and [conj] i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you 'll do as I say , when and where I say . |
| 2 | to you on the phone that I had not seen the job and that I said yes alright knowing I had n't seen the job , also that you knew that I had n't seen it and if I did n't agree with it , then I was gon na change it , and I 've changed it ! |
| 3 | I says she 'll get Gary to collect them at work and that I says |
| 4 | And that I say that picture has appeared on everything , even on china , I think you can buy some at erm ca n't you even with that on it . |
| 5 | The Cabinet did behave as a Cabinet and although I said earlier about the Treasury being forced to disgorge information when the DEA existed , that was n't the case to the same extent in 1976 . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's done , and although I say so me'self , it 's one of the neatest jobs I 've ever performed . ’ |
| 7 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I intended her to fall , and if I said that , where would it leave me ? |
| 9 | I mean if , and if I said we 'll have , if I have the policemen down , and they say they can , there nothing they can do because we do n't know their names |
| 10 | Er , and if I said it about any television programme you had watched . |
| 11 | And if I said to you those three elements of communication that makes up the hundred percent of it yes ? |
| 12 | If I say it was wonderfully exciting , you will wonder when I am going to do it again , and if I say it was a mistake , which it was , you are going to ask me under what circumstances it might not have been a mistake . ’ |
| 13 | We all know how easy that is to do , and if I say hold it |
| 14 | And if I say that Scotland is bigger than Canada , they say , ‘ Yes , Sir , you are right ’ . |
| 15 | And if I say we think you know where he is now , then you can believe we know that too . ’ |
| 16 | He a big man and if I say I 'm not well he says he 'll have it up the back then and … ’ and I said ‘ Well , you 'll just have to put a stopper in it then , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'm rather reluctant to do that because I have absolutely no basis for knowing how long negotiations of this sort are likely to take , erm and if I say well er that such negotiations must be completed by |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had to keep it quiet for good reasons , and if I say much to Marc he 'll really go up the wall . |
| 19 | And like I said , he wo n't be getting his kicks from smashing up other people 's property . |
| 20 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 21 | Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head . |
| 22 | And like I said to her it 's like James . |
| 23 | But no , she 's gone for this promotion in work and er even though she does n't think she 's much chance of getting it because there 's two permanent lads there that really you know would be next in line rather than her sort of thing but she 's you know , she feels she 's done her bit and that , you know , it 's worth going for and like I said to her you might as well ! |
| 24 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 25 | But she was offered it and like I said she . |
| 26 | I 'm just not happy about it at all , the match should never have been sanctioned , and like I said , it does boxing 's reputation no good whatsoever . |
| 27 | ‘ Not necessarily but he wo n't sell , Mrs Sutherland , and like I say , he 's not here . ’ |
| 28 | Blenning Bombers , er were these Bostons and Harvards they er quite a twin engine quite a wide wingspan and quite heavy for what they were , but as they were stripped down in , in the top hanger , and like I say a lot of stuff was salvaged from them , which was still good as they went out reconditioned at the other end . |
| 29 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 30 | And like I say , if you 're gon na carpet it er not carpet it , you 're gon na cover it you might as well cover it totally . |