Example sentences of "i say well " in BNC.
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| 1 | If if I say well let's try and add up a sixth and a twelfth and most people want to add the six and the twelve together and things like that but you ca n't do it that way you 'll have to change them both into something that 's the same . |
| 2 | Now that 's much easier to do it on paper than if I say well the only way to find is let's get sixty pennies out , you count sixty I 'll count another sixty then we 'll see how many we 've got . |
| 3 | 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 , . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | and I say well , you know , I 'm not really interested in cameras . |
| 6 | So there 's not a lot of point if I say well can you tell me what you 're doing ? |
| 7 | I say well what 's , what 's happening here , what are they doing ? |
| 8 | and I say well come on I said you can you can smile you know . |
| 9 | I say well it 's definitely the latter . |
| 10 | I 'm rather reluctant to do that because I have absolutely no basis for knowing how long negotiations of this sort are likely to take , erm and if I say well er that such negotiations must be completed by |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I say well should n't be such a good cook ! |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Oh aye , I said to John I said well I say well how far we 're going cos I 'm not keen on going right a long way |
| 15 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | people get great ideas we want to give this a big show at the press to which I say well ho ho ho step back |
| 19 | As I say , nowadays I get the information from you over the phone , and then when we 've got somebody who said Oh no , it 's only a small flat , I 've got this this and this and that 's the big pieces of furniture , er if it 's somebody that 's done it on spec I say Well look give me a ring back in an hour if er when you 've come off the phone you er there 's something you 've forgotten . |
| 20 | I say Well I 'm very sorry sir , but the lady inside says y The what ? ! |
| 21 | He says , you know , what do you think and I say well look it 's up to you and I put the question back to him and say well what do you think ? |
| 22 | They all come in and tell us we 're the busiest and I say well if we 're the busiest , God help those that 're the quietest . |
| 23 | and I say well and I 'm well cool |
| 24 | And er and she said he enjoys it and he goes to playgroup I think he must go to Dennington playgroup cos he 's going to Dennington school , and he enjoys sitting down and being , likes looking at books and he 's started writing and she said actually she said I 'm really panicking because I 'm frightened that I might be teaching him wrong and that I 'm I said well why do n't you pop in and have a word at the school ? |
| 25 | I says well we have n't come by the front door , which we had n't of course . |
| 26 | So I says well thank you very much , but still for mu l people benefit themselves . |
| 27 | An an of course and naturally I says well why , why is he getting ? |
| 28 | I says well you 'll need to cancel it because they send an appointment to that person . |
| 29 | And I says well it is two different meanings the one I 'm using is just if you can spare it , if you can it . |
| 30 | I says well I 'm gon na take it higher . |