Example sentences of "[noun sg] say i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin Richards of the Freight Transport Association says I would n't fancy his chances . |
| 2 | What mu a a th agent says I only have to pay it off a day |
| 3 | But I do n't care , as my Mummy says I 'm unique because my ears stand up when they should be down . |
| 4 | He 's got a musical test which says do n't they 're tired they 're tired and then he said the pig says I 'm not and then the people said Oh dear and then he said I 'm hungry and then they said they 're hungry and he says I 'm not and he 's sleepy . |
| 5 | Then , a few days after I got back from Oxford , I got a telegram to say I had a scholarship . |
| 6 | ‘ Mummy said I need n't bring it back , as it was old and the twigs were coming out of it . ’ |
| 7 | My Mummy said I must n't play with blackies . ’ |
| 8 | You know Mummy said I must n't be late back . ’ |
| 9 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 10 | Well I shall go because if that fella 's been from , if that fella said I did n't have a job I 'll be jumping up and down like a what d' ya call it ! |
| 11 | And the Chief said that does n't compare he said that does not concur with a visit I had last night in Glasgow whilst asleep when he awoke to a gleaming light at his bedroom and he said who are you and this figure said I am God and the Chief Fire Officer said well God , all I want to know is one thing , will I get my southern fire station ? |
| 12 | Come on , please , the driver says I know , I know , speed up , let's test her stamina . |
| 13 | Deborah and Elaine are obviously close ; Deborah 's flying entrance on this last remark brought a ‘ The only time I know I look wrong is if Mum says I look ‘ cute' ! |
| 14 | An' when I ask questions no one listens and Mum says I always get under 'er feet , ’ I added . |
| 15 | Anyway , mum says I was restless when I returned from my second holiday there . |
| 16 | My mum says I 've got ta put this in did n't she ? |
| 17 | He 'll say , my mum says I have to be home for seven . |
| 18 | I was n't actually putting it on either , I said like that and and I keep saying yeah after each , each sentence when I 'm describing something to my mum like saying last match yeah , we won yeah , six nil yeah , eight nil yeah and it I keep saying yeah , yeah , my mum 's going yeah , shut up my mum says I go yeah that 's well nice and she goes erm goes well nice I said |
| 19 | me mum says I have to wait |
| 20 | But my ex-husband says I 'm inclined to be intimidating and also I give out powerful signals that I 'm desperate to get another husband . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ When I 've played a few games for Lazio , when I 'm ready and the boss says I am fit to return , I will bring the whole family to Wembley to watch me again . |
| 23 | ‘ But I had some left over and put a sign in the window saying I did n't want any the next morning . |
| 24 | Cos they said , they di this bloke said I did n't know anything like that existed . |
| 25 | it proves how desperate people get and then he treats them like animals and this boy said I think |
| 26 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |
| 27 | ‘ Nana said I was always hungry . ’ |
| 28 | Well when I went to Citizen 's Advice tha that lady said I do n't think it 's viable to have four dogs in a semi- detached anyway ! |
| 29 | It would n't be an exaggeration to say I lived for that owl during that very intense period of training . |
| 30 | It would be an exaggeration to say I suffered from morning sickness , but my suspicions were certainly aroused when I began to feel a little queasy in the early part of the day . |