Example sentences of "but i say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I says , look I says , I 'm not , I 'm not saying you ca n't have your parties or whatever , I says but I says not in the bedrooms . |
| 2 | But I says how can they make money now , how can they make money out of that ? |
| 3 | trying to get through the , he says oh them people have left here , now you 'll have to , and he gives us another two numbers and that , I got through on one of the numbers and then er , I asked I says oh I says I did n't get me photograph and me plastic wallet , he says well you do n't really need them you know when you retired , but I says how can you go on the train , you sure of that ? |
| 4 | But , I mean , she 's been down there and must be gone now something has , but I said surely she would have heard from the police if it 'd been |
| 5 | but I said why come home and miss a season like that in the middle of August ? |
| 6 | Me mother was n't very pleased with me going to work there but I said well it 's a start so I stopped |
| 7 | Mum said how about renting one in Wisbech but I said well if she ca n't afford a mortgage you ca n't afford to rent one . |
| 8 | Somebody wanted to buy it as a non-worker but I said well I said we 'd ordered a part for it so |
| 9 | but I said well at least you 've got it all done , you do n't have to rush around at the last minute . |
| 10 | But I said well your best thing to do Pam I said is forget it . |
| 11 | Well I would n't like to say he 's paranoid but I said well that 's like cos he said you must our house is filthy June ? |
| 12 | But I said well he said , oh well you ca n't play games on it ! |
| 13 | Well I sha n't go , said this morning do you wan na go to town today but I said well I 've got ta go tomorrow |
| 14 | But I said just go and give her a fair chance and I |
| 15 | But I said chronologically . |
| 16 | Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I |
| 17 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 18 | But I said too a man of sorts , for the acknowledgement now includes crippled masculinity , and with that Joyce is free to embody and enact a different fear hinted at before in , for example , The Dead , but masked by the victim 's status of the woman thrust on so cruelly by the culture . |
| 19 | erm , but I said there again Elly 's not going wan na be stuck up there on her own if your down here . |
| 20 | I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then . |
| 21 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 22 | But I say sometimes when I was i like that I wished somebody would come round and knock on the door , perhaps |