Example sentences of "i say [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well .
2 In what I say here I may well not be followed in every respect by one or another scholar , and there are matters open to a different interpretation .
3 I say again what I said before business questions , namely , that there is heavy pressure on the next two debates .
4 That 's what it is Martin , confirmation really of what er Mick said to you in that interview , Steve , Tommy two , three but playing at central defence , Dean 'll be the skipper playing in midfield , Michael at the heart of the defence , Phil in midfield , Paul wears seven but will play up front , er Mark at eight in midfield , wears nine , well that 's a bit of nonsense is n't i in terms of numbering , cos he 's gon na play at left back not at centre forward , Gary is ten , Tony eleven , then on the bench , really good to see David and Rod , Bob 's there as well along with er Paul and that 's er possibly a a first chance for the youngster there , and Michael who has been bloodied already but er a little bit of experience in and er the youngsters , and as I say again it 's really good to see and in the number and er I 'm still practising and I shall give you the Pisa team when you return to the er rather sodden Lane with the spectators all huddled towards the back of the stands to get er extra protection from the er rain that 's being swept a on to the stands and er has obliterated the markings on the pitch .
5 Whether the Council I , I personally would be quite keen to go down there and see A , and we 'd need permission of the land owners , to do this , to see where the link could go across , you know , the best position , so that we , and I believe this is what Councillor is saying , so that we can actually come forward and maybe this ought to be a meeting with the Amenities Committee , maybe the Ramblers and bear in mind as I say again I hate to do these things and the land owner think we 're steamrollering 'em into something without their knowledge .
6 Well when I say again he had n't touched it .
7 I say well what 's , what 's happening here , what are they doing ?
8 Yes , and every time I go in there , I say well what you know Barry and he did n't tell me that , he thought I already knew
9 So you put your ten one pound coins on the table and I say well I 'm going to add minus eight pounds to it tonight , help yourself to eight pounds , .
10 And then this , this time I say well I 'm going to take away some money and I took away a negative amount and you 've finished up with more .
11 my mum 's seventy five , how does she get back er ten pound of potatoes and all the week 's shopping , I say well I 'll go and then he moans at me cos I 'm running around after everybody else but
12 I say Well I 'm very sorry sir , but the lady inside says y The what ? !
13 I say well it 's definitely the latter .
14 well he 's going through it and he said well it looks alright to me and I say well it does n't look as if it 's connected , any way I won , I could see why then it did n't look connected
15 Well there 's always , there 's always the next bit of garden , it is n't there when we , when we put the rubbish out , then Paddy says is that everything and I say well you know it 's not , you know that it 's going to blow up again as soon as you 've come inside , but do n't worry .
16 I mean we talk about the triple-one but when I say two-fold there is , I feel , the deeply rooted oppression of centuries of gender discrimination , the oldest form of discrimination .
17 The wording referring to the specific location in the location description would by definition have to be drawn up the region , cos they would have intimate knowledge of the locality that er sorry and the costs would be drawn up by the region because they would know as I say intimately they would know that specific development
18 Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him .
19 When they 've had that I say right you 're going to bed now .
20 you u u use your brain a bit more , see now if er they used to come to me , my brother was one , he 'd come to me and he 'd say , right I 've got a heavy lift , so will you come up here and sling it for me but we had to put the slings round the heavy lift , say , I say right I 'll come up and another time we had a railway carriage come down like that 'll be shipped abroad , old railway carriage .
21 My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames .
22 If I say there you are there 's there 's two P take five P out of that .
23 Although I say so myself , I am not without skill , having represented the county at schoolboy level .
24 If I say so myself that were n't bad .
25 That 's what I say so nothing much happening today with you ?
26 A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base .
27 ‘ It 's done , and although I say so me'self , it 's one of the neatest jobs I 've ever performed . ’
28 Well erm I mean Andrew , he was very clever , he went to university and as I say now he 's nearly fif getting , getting towards fifty well even so he 's buying a house and last December things got so bad he took a job as a dustman a at Anstey , he lives
29 I say originally there were four , but by nineteen er thir nineteen twenty nine , erm basically the passenger service had ceased , although er we did get there were minor special and so on , that that were run and race days , the stations and the er were used , but basically erm er the er the line beyond er was er virtually entirely erm colliery er and and goods traffic .
30 Chapman made no excuses — ‘ I say frankly there are none , — and agreed that Newcastle deserved to win because of their superiority in the second half .
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