Example sentences of "and i said i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We were in a car looking down over the Bay and I said I 've got to go out . |
| 6 | Eventually she just asked one night , ‘ Are you gay ? ’ and I said I was . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then everybody said they saw The Graduate and I said I was Dustin Hoffman . |
| 10 | Ivy remarked : ‘ Rose Macaulay asked me if I were a good walker and I said I was . |
| 11 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And I said I 'm not talking about the council , I 'm talking about the N R A ! |
| 15 | And I said I did n't want a fight . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 21 | I got the rest of it out of Vanessa , and I said I had to tell them now . |
| 22 | She was willing to give everything up , but we talked it through and I said I could manage on my own . |
| 23 | ‘ Was it all right , Margaret ? ’ asked Lili , and I said I could n't remember . |
| 24 | My mother argued for a while that the dry heat was known to be bracing , but Lili went on to speak of rumours of a cholera epidemic in the rural districts and disaffection among the fellahin and I said I would rather go to Bournemouth , which was a black lie but efficacious since we had gone there for our holidays and my mother seemed gratified that I should wish to return . |
| 25 | But he seemed to be about to ring off , and I said I 'd go round the next day . |
| 26 | And I said I wished I could go and sniff the various scents to see which I liked best . |
| 27 | Erm I wanted to do a personal budget , so I went along to my bank and I said I want to close all the erm automatic payments that you make on my behalf . |
| 28 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 29 | It was er international company sommat like that Ching and er they asked me about it and I said I 'll see what I can do . |
| 30 | And I said I 'd try and put some evidence together of exactly what we 've got . |