Example sentences of "[pers pn] say [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the way I say things when I think . |
| 2 | Now some , somebody famous once said erm , I 'm called a feminist because I say things that is , to distinguish myself from a doormat . |
| 3 | You mean that I say things each side of it . |
| 4 | We argued — no , we do n't argue , I say things and he tries to wriggle out of them . |
| 5 | Occasionally I say things like " Looks good , Phil , " or " What 's the guarantee on this , Steve ? " , or " Yes , Dan , but will it take the strain ? " |
| 6 | They 're not very happy , they ai n't been happy for a while , but it 's getting worse , wh is , what is them now is , you know I say things to Colin , and Co I mean , Colin 'll tell me like , you know , you know , over there , and er , he 's latest thing is , they built this little office . |
| 7 | You know I mean I did n't think anything of it and I thought well I 'm a bit like that though too cos I say things about people and then I 'll talk to them |
| 8 | So you know , I say things like oh I 'm going down to see Zoey now before dinner and like she 'll follow me down or something and I 'll say oh are you going into the saloon or like to try and get her to not come with me , then I feel so guilty I think well poor Marina , you know , she 's here in a foreign country , she has n't got any friends and she 's all by herself and I would n't like it if I was in her position |
| 9 | and I say tomAHtoes |
| 10 | I say wonders will never cease I have just written a receipt for Mrs and I have put it in her envelope and I have written my name in , in on , I 've put from and put my name and crossed out caretaker and put treasurer and I have put underneath we do not have a caretaker so we will see what happens How did , how is it that they got to go back with them ? |
| 11 | and I say potAHtoes . |
| 12 | I say chaps |
| 13 | When I say incomers I mean folk |
| 14 | But his drawings are really good , you know well when I say drawings er drawings are , these are army , armed men you know |
| 15 | So journalism is one of the family , what if I say traditions ? |
| 16 | The changed part of the sentence at the end could be : … when I say ice cream ? … when I say oranges ? … when I say vodka ? … when I say thistles ? … when I say macaroni ? … when I say opium ? … when I say sombrero ? … when I say rickshaw ? … when I say watches ? … when I say beret ? |
| 17 | Anyway , I say thkarni when one takes off or lands on the water , and the Indians think this is jolly funny . |
| 18 | erm , my name 's from Edinburgh a couple of jobs one which is the sort of presentations I do tends to be one to one the hardest one for me as I say meetings with quite a lot of people there |
| 19 | The changed part of the sentence at the end could be : … when I say ice cream ? … when I say oranges ? … when I say vodka ? … when I say thistles ? … when I say macaroni ? … when I say opium ? … when I say sombrero ? … when I say rickshaw ? … when I say watches ? … when I say beret ? |
| 20 | So we were faced with this very competitive market situation and as I say prices and we are really being squeezed on the price front and it was very difficult to get any form of increase in the er in the fees that we were being charged , that we were charging . |
| 21 | Erm when I say parties that 's probably not the right word because erm party indicates sort of food and games , we had concerts and we used to put on these concerts , the pupils used to put them on ourselves and our parents were invited to come and watch these concerts . |
| 22 | I say vitamins first . |
| 23 | And eh , like I , if I say loverks |
| 24 | The criteria which we 'll come on to debate , there is one criteria in there which I say overrides or is overriding in weight , and that is number eleven , to be consistent with regional and sub-regional policies . |
| 25 | Clearly we need to understand these needs and , in order to do this and in order to understand the responses of animals ( and I include man when I say animals ) to the difficulties that are encountered during life , we have to understand motivational processes . |
| 26 | The changed part of the sentence at the end could be : … when I say ice cream ? … when I say oranges ? … when I say vodka ? … when I say thistles ? … when I say macaroni ? … when I say opium ? … when I say sombrero ? … when I say rickshaw ? … when I say watches ? … when I say beret ? |
| 27 | ah yeah well yeah food I suppose yeah to a degree , entertainment , holidays , have I said holidays have I ? |
| 28 | I says bollocks John . |
| 29 | I said women should have a choice : the hospital said it had to have a policy . ’ |
| 30 | Go on , tell him what I said directors |