Example sentences of "but [conj] i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
| 2 | If I said ‘ No ’ as a sergeant , the constable would n't get a drink ; but if I said ‘ No ’ as a constable , the sergeant would have it . |
| 3 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 4 | But if I said |
| 5 | But if I said nothing , turned tail and ran from Gyggle , what hope was there for an ordinary life for Ian Wharton ? |
| 6 | ‘ It all depends on our fitness problems , but if I said it was unlikely Ferguson would get the call it could end up sounding like famous last words , ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 7 | not know it immediately but if I say , Well what 's X plus seven times Y minus five or it 's only the same it 's exactly the same rules |
| 8 | ‘ But like I said , I did n't think you 'd want me along . ’ |
| 9 | But like I said before , they Glynns never had much luck . |
| 10 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
| 11 | No but like I said to my mum it 'll be alright because your do , your brother 'll be in all evening wo n't he Helena ? |
| 12 | That 's why she 's asked me to do it , but like I said to mum you know , I 'm not gon na say to her , oh yeah I 'll do it whenever you want , I 'll say like they 're gon na do this extra course on Wednesday nights and she said , like unless she could get a baby-sitter she could n't go which is the reason I 'm doing it . |
| 13 | but I mean , but like I said , I said , I mean , I went , I went to the like I changed then , I mean to be quite honest I did n't like it , I did n't like it |
| 14 | But like I said , it it 's just , it 's gon na get moved like , no cost to you like , you know what I mean ? |
| 15 | But like I said if it if you , if you do that then it 's for them and for yourself but them being up your arse is irritating if you just fucking carry on as if nothing had happened , but you 're aware of the th them doing that then I think it 's a fucking I 've that 's a psychological edge over them anyway it 's just the personalities obviously , but er |
| 16 | but like I said nine times out of ten if I 've got pissed off with an album I change all of them . |
| 17 | But like I said Mark , er the mil , NATO never used to think that they can hold the Russian 's for very long in , in conventional warfare 's |
| 18 | But like I said , I think kids an that are taking it so |
| 19 | Erm but like I say w er I 'd have always had about ten friends who I would buy things off and they would buy things off me and they 're all on the dole . |
| 20 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 21 | I mean our motion you can do with it what you will but like I say we have actually aimed to actually get something which recognises all party support for the Children Act and recognises concern about the funding . |
| 22 | You could have a look but like I say , ordering freebies now it 's up to the sales people to tell me what they want and I order them on their behalf . |
| 23 | but like I say |
| 24 | Mhm It says it does n't , but like I say , i in a way it usually starts |
| 25 | Mum wants a pair of trousers for going out with , you know well she 's got plenty but like I say it 's but then you get I 'll no it 's not very personal to give somebody a voucher though is it ? |
| 26 | Erm but to do , but like I say , if you 've got somewhere that could just er er you see , cos I mean what , the most we can do is fifty |
| 27 | But since I said Geoff 's coming all the others are taking their husbands now . |
| 28 | But though I say it myself , I spun them a pretty good story . ’ |
| 29 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 30 | But when I said as much to Mala , as a joke to ease the tension that still showed in her eyes , she merely called me an unrepeatable name and stalked away to her cabin again . |