Example sentences of "and i said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children , particularly our own grandchildren I discovered er had got money in the building societies I mean we give them money for presents and throw it into a building society , and I said what 's happening about your , your tax ? |
| 2 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
| 3 | I was rather late back , when I got back I heard a knock on my bedroom door and she said it 's Miss and er I said , oh come in , I undid the door and she came in and er and so she said to me er , I just had a telephone message from Peel er to say that you have been subpoenaed to go the Police Court next Thursday and I said what a day out of my holiday and she said , well I 'm sorry but you 'll have to go . |
| 4 | So we went to the sixty six shop and I said what 's wrong with that , pristine beautiful . |
| 5 | And Tommy got one at playgroup and I said what 's her name and he said welly . |
| 6 | it was , it was all tough weather scale of six , on , you know , and I said what , how much is that up there ? , and he said ten shillings , I said a little bit dear i n't it ? , cos ten shilling then was ten shilling |
| 7 | And erm she said all right and I said what do I do with them and she said I 'll put them down in the base at the back and I said all right so I went back on the shop floor just before I was coming out come out . |
| 8 | Cos Dora rang and she said could er somebody get her twenty pounds worth and I said what do you want it for ? |
| 9 | Just save us coming out so I phoned your dad up and I said what batteries do you need ? |
| 10 | this is , well this is it right , she 's in the canteen , she 's , and she 's going right and putting on this really stupid laugh , right , and I said what 's wrong ? , she goes , she goes , she goes , she goes , right she , and iffy , this how bad she , she was faking , you know like this she goes , she goes , no , no |
| 11 | tuned it in to the four channels and I said what about video |
| 12 | Yes , but this fellow you see , I said to him erm , you had a lot to do with that fellow , he 'd , he 'd been down to collect him from someone on the South Coast as well with a police of course , and I said what happened to the little girl ? he said oh she 's been in psychiatric care , care for four years |
| 13 | And I said what 's the matter Rhys ? |
| 14 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
| 15 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
| 16 | She said his son rang up and I said what , what 's his name ? |
| 17 | And I said what 's that then ? |
| 18 | And I said what have they learnt ? |
| 19 | Oh the other er she said I 'd had four of those , and I said what are they then ? |
| 20 | And I said what a lovely little puppy , what 's her name , and it said Freda . |
| 21 | And I said something |
| 22 | I was thinking when Daniel was down here that erm Paul you know and all his girlfriends , various girlfriends , for a long time now and I said something to Daniel well you know are you sort of courting yet ? |
| 23 | Gwenellen and I said nothing . |
| 24 | A very different expressive effect is evoked by the bare infinitive be in the four examples of it found so far : ( 185 ) I could feel him fighting with himself … during all those afternoons … our wonderful afternoons of happiness ! … and I said nothing … |
| 25 | He sometimes showed them to me , and I said they were very good . |
| 26 | Mostly she quizzed me about the burglars and I said they 'd tried to get in through the bathroom window and one of them had put a foot through it , probably coming from the roof next door , and I generally made out that there was a whole gang of footpads up there lying in wait for Santa Claus . |
| 27 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
| 28 | Yeah erm Alice at school , she give me one but hers were n't called them and I said they were called Imps |
| 29 | That 's it well tha there 's Peggy says I said oh well I 'm a bit erm worried about taking them and I said they have been known to get up and walk out , and said , surely not ! |
| 30 | And I said they will require cover for their breaks he fell down on that one , he does n't think those two days . |