Example sentences of "and i say i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Because I had seen my young brother-in-law and I says I 'm gon na be like that then , did n't fe er feel any of this er at that time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Anyway because I were there with them you see he thought it were me that had got it and I says I have n't got it . |
| 6 | cos we got taken over and I says I said no ! |
| 7 | His dinner was l sitting under the grill , I lift it out , set it on the fucking table , and I says I 'm away in here to waken |
| 8 | you know and she says well I said that 's the only way Lindsey you 're going to get it and I says I mean that 's the only way you 're going to get it . |
| 9 | Yes she come yesterday afternoon I sat and I says I 'll have a go , I says then I had flu did n't I ? |
| 10 | and I says I have one not to swear , so it gets rubbed out if it 's too bad , you know she comes back , she comes back next Friday , she left twenty tapes and batteries |
| 11 | we were only thinking about it this morning and I says I would n't mind a break , you know , like , cos , I mean aunty Mary 's always inviting us , and , and we were talking about the cat |
| 12 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |
| 13 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 14 | Sandy was already in the side , and I got talking to him again , Calero was struggling , and I said I might not have a bag for the Ryder Cup . |
| 15 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 16 | We were in a car looking down over the Bay and I said I 've got to go out . |
| 17 | Eventually she just asked one night , ‘ Are you gay ? ’ and I said I was . |
| 18 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 19 | Everyone said what they thought and I said I had always believed in God and Jesus Christ due to my upbringing , personal feelings and experiences but I found commitment difficult . |
| 20 | Then everybody said they saw The Graduate and I said I was Dustin Hoffman . |
| 21 | Ivy remarked : ‘ Rose Macaulay asked me if I were a good walker and I said I was . |
| 22 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 23 | And at the end of the first week he asked me how I would feel if we sold the domestic appliances businesses ( the most profitable part of the group at the time ) , and I said I did n't know how he had got to that so fast , but that it was fine with me . |
| 24 | In two days ' time we reached Pakoku where many of the Anglo-Burmans begged me to disembark and try to walk out of Burma with them , but Rachel was still very sick and I said I would go on to Mandalay and hope to find a doctor there . |
| 25 | And I said I 'm not talking about the council , I 'm talking about the N R A ! |
| 26 | And I said I did n't want a fight . |
| 27 | She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it . |
| 28 | I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do . |
| 29 | I said , why not , and she said because there was no point , no one to see , and I said I 'd like to see them . |
| 30 | ‘ He wanted to know what my motive was , and I said I did n't have many , and he said that would n't wash usually , but perhaps in this case . ’ |