Example sentences of "i say [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm well the house itself as I say was two up and two down , it was gas lit . |
| 2 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 3 | as if what I thought and what I said were two completely different things . |
| 4 | And he said the things I said were silly . |
| 5 | She knew that what I said was believable enough , since Vadinamia was a highly likely place for a courier to drum up a job conveying something somewhere . |
| 6 | As Coun Carmedy has now stated in front of a large number of people that what I said was untrue , I offer him this challenge . |
| 7 | ‘ What I said was stupid . |
| 8 | ‘ I enjoy a joke and everything I said was light hearted . |
| 9 | Much better than the copy that I had made , which as I said was this miniature sideways thatched farmhouse there in the right margin . |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , that night they put a night-light in my room , in case I had nightmares , but the shadows were even worse than the darkness , and so I just lay there , under the covers , quivering with fear thanks to these damn dragons , and I wished Ken was back from University because sometimes I was allowed to sleep in his room , and I wished I was allowed a torch in my room , but I was n't , and I was wondering about crying really loudly , because that would bring mum and dad in to see me , but then what did I say was wrong ? |
| 11 | Who did I say was next week ? |