Example sentences of "say [prep] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 2 | If he found after two or three days that he was n't really making much headway , he would then , after he 'd left the police courts , say to me I think you 'd better go down street or somewhere and see if you can find |
| 3 | Oh a long time , er , matter of years really before I could settle down at , as I say to me it was roots |
| 4 | This was echoed by another boy : You see , my mom right , she says some words to me , right , sometimes , right , wha' I ca n't understand you know an' I sort of start laughin' , but then again right , y' know , I can understand some o' de words which she says to me y' know — I even speak it back to her , y' see . |
| 5 | As He says to me you can choose yir freends but you canny choose yir flock ! |
| 6 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 7 | Chris you were right about Casualty last night it was a repeat , she says to me I 've seen it before , I says no you have n't |
| 8 | She says to me I 've explained to her how to do it and she says yo I 'll give you a bit of paper you just write down the answers ! |
| 9 | . That 's why he says to me I 'm gon na make sure they 're to get me fucking in ! |
| 10 | And then he come in to us then and he says to me I 'm bleeding and I had to get a plaster for him and he |
| 11 | No she heard her saying that and she says to me I was so mad |
| 12 | It sounded more like , she says to me I think you should save up Norma and |
| 13 | No but , erm he , he says to me he says , have you any expressions that you , you think 's very expressive ? |
| 14 | Well er going back to when I started serving my time as an apprentice er I think I started with eleven shillings and I was there for about nine months when the manager come over and says to me he had been paying me short . |
| 15 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 16 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 17 | Yeah , well he 's , when he first says to me he says right he says er , this was when I first got an inkling that he was gon na check the mileage you know like for the future , and it says erm , where do you wan na go to ? |
| 18 | And then Lyne says to me he is in the bottom set . |
| 19 | oh and took her off and David says to me she 's a bloody fool to have sent , says instead of keeping her mouth shut , she 's , there 's George claim nowt , you know what I mean ? |
| 20 | I will the Lord has said unto me thou art my son . |
| 21 | I wonder if it 's that one up beside Asda because when I 've gone in before she 's said to me you know if you rang them through I 'd have them ready for you or |
| 22 | Mm that 's what that girl 's just said to me you get a lot of erm , she said he 'll know it 's hard and I was saying that you know I , I put all me eggs in one basket with that , I mean that really knocked me for six |
| 23 | I , I do n't know how they get there but they know how our army works , we know how their army works , we can not hide manoeuvre 's and every army in the world knows the manoeuvre 's I 've been on one big NATO manoeuvre out in Germany right , and you 're saying to me they do n't know how I , how each army works |
| 24 | Say , everybody was saying to me we could break in there . |
| 25 | I mean it 's interesting you 're using that , that second you used erm empowerment a number of people are saying to me you know that empowerment is a word they have problems with . |
| 26 | Oh , he 's got to get motivated cos if we 're going away we got to save some pennies up and if we commit ourselves then we 've got to save pennies up , it 's no good coming and saying to me you 're going away next week , I shall turn round and say sod you matey we 're not cos we 've got no bloody money . |
| 27 | He was saying to me it was very difficult to do . |
| 28 | He 's only said these things , sort of , trying out to see because he does n't he does n't know if very much , oh it 's so sad Brenda , he said to me we were talking on Wednesday night , I think and he looked wistfully at me and he said I only want to be taught . |
| 29 | I rang , I rang , I went to the dole office , when I went down I ask them as soon as I left Ann said the same , go down the dole when you ask about your poll tax , they said to me we ca n't give you any id , er anything , you have to phone them , council building site , I phone the council building and they asked me , that 's why I sent all your wage slips in for |
| 30 | but I know Kay was n't very pleased with Sister about these sort of erm stout things , cos Sister said well if they 're not collected by the time of the next jumble , we sort of empty the cupboard and put them all in for erm the jumble sale Kay said to me they 're not hers to do that with |