Example sentences of "[conj] i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 2 | So you 'll do as I say , when and where I say . |
| 3 | Or I say , yes , Chief Inspector- ’ His voice took on a mincing mimicking tone . |
| 4 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 5 | or I say chicken alright ? |
| 6 | I had started knowing nothing about houses , nothing about building , precious little about planning , and I ended up — although I say it myself — pretty well informed . |
| 7 | Although I say so myself , I am not without skill , having represented the county at schoolboy level . |
| 8 | ( I was getting quite good then , although I say it myself ) and I said : ‘ Now the King is here . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's done , and although I say so me'self , it 's one of the neatest jobs I 've ever performed . ’ |
| 10 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |
| 11 | What you might do , although I say you 'd reject this particular model and that |
| 12 | ‘ Although I say it myself , I 'm pretty good with a tin-opener . ’ |
| 13 | Although I say that this story could really happen , I doubt that there would be the character of Simon in reality as I think that a boy his age would realise the dangerous situation he was in , and join the other boys . |
| 14 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 15 | Notice that I say ‘ develop ’ as well as ‘ apply ’ , for the thesis is that , once developed , it is extremely difficult to resist its application . |
| 16 | ‘ The fact that I say ‘ bull-shit ’ shows that I am not bull-shitting yes ? ’ |
| 17 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |
| 18 | In London I work through three agencies — you note that I say that I work through — I do n't know what you guys get in Rome , but here it is through … that 's most of the time … ’ |
| 19 | It is thus with some trepidation that I say the cohabitation rule makes sense . |
| 20 | And the fact that I say that a lot of these accidents happen because perhaps you 're not paying the attention , very often I 've been or know of situations where the bloke is really paying attention to what he 's doing and the still the unfortunate occurs . |
| 21 | And if she says you were wrong to ask for the things , tell her that I say you were right , and that I was pleased to help . |
| 22 | You mean that I say things each side of it . |
| 23 | And should that day come — bear in mind that I say " should it come " , not " when it comes " — who shall blame them ? |
| 24 | You 'll notice that I say end of the fortnight , that was the settling time . |
| 25 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 26 | When she starts listening to that I say to her , ’ Hey , why do n't you listen to Bad Company or Led Zeppelin or something decent for a change ? ’ |
| 27 | Erm , I certainly do n't do it , the way that I say that I do it . |
| 28 | No , er we 're proposing that we just do , take this reso , in other words , if you endorse the fact that I say I I sa committed the |
| 29 | And it is taping every word that I say ? |
| 30 | And that I say that picture has appeared on everything , even on china , I think you can buy some at erm ca n't you even with that on it . |