Example sentences of "say i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 2 | The school itself as I say I went to er Street School . |
| 3 | when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall . |
| 4 | No I went , as I say I went to bed . |
| 5 | If you hear of anybody that wants a any , well a as I say I get to the point where I 've got to need the work somebody , you know ? |
| 6 | It is puzzling when people say I write like this one and that one and all such different kinds of writers and so many of them , and it makes me feel I am nothing in myself . ’ |
| 7 | But I as I say I go in there |
| 8 | it 's like say , say I , say I fin say I go from here now and I |
| 9 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 10 | The family say I take after my mother a great deal in that she could make do and be happy . |
| 11 | This has happened before and no matter what people say I think in my second year we were about 16th or 17th . ’ |
| 12 | But I say I believe in in one respect alright , she 's got the car she can whip in and out but I do believe in another respect she 's got to the point where she ca n't be bothered ! |
| 13 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 14 | Say I agree with that . |
| 15 | You say I look like Red Riding Hood . |
| 16 | Well as I say I look after mine but I 've only got the one missing . |
| 17 | The night I ca n't remember , the night you say I quarrelled with you and walked away . ’ |
| 18 | He 'll say , my mum says I have to be home for seven . |
| 19 | Another says I smell of the sea , like oysters , fresh and salty . ’ |
| 20 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
| 21 | ‘ Who says I spoke to Helen ? ’ |
| 22 | She says I spoke to people last night , everyone is devastated . |
| 23 | Cos our Darren he said , like , he says I want to that babe like , they wo n't go abroad this year with having baby coming |
| 24 | If a girl says I want to be a nurse , is she asked well erm have you thought about becoming a manager of a hospital if you start off in nursing ; can you see your way ; how would you get to that position if you become a you know I just wonder , erm I doubt very much that that goes on . |
| 25 | ‘ THE next person who says I look like a Blues Brother , gets it , ’ says Suggs while brandishing a brolly at the Madness reunion gig on Saturday . |
| 26 | They 're better being in a union , he says I agree with you , quite agree with you . |
| 27 | All right then yeah , like I was saying I got into a massive argument with him last night I had an argument with Osman , right |
| 28 | I keep saying I said to Dennis , well it 's on our property . |
| 29 | He 's saying I believe in what I 've written there . |
| 30 | She kept saying I look like Adrianna . |