Example sentences of "they say i " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's like that song where they say me and my wee scabby dog in n it ? |
| 2 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 3 | They say I must come and see them on their new organic farm — more land , less house , says Johnson . |
| 4 | When they say I must be mad , I ask them , ‘ What do you do in your life ? ’ |
| 5 | Although , like Asterix , he attributed his phenomenal prowess partly to a magic potion , ‘ Superjuice ’ , concocted by his druidical sponsors , Body Ammo , he did n't really need it : ‘ They say I have three balls — I need an outlet for that extra energy . ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't afford it but they say I 've got to pay it so they 'll take me to court . |
| 7 | ‘ Mummy and daddy and my brother Mike and they say I 've got to go with them ! ’ |
| 8 | They say I 'm old and heavy and have n't got a backhand , and slow … slow , me ? |
| 9 | They say I 'm now the longest running news programme presenter on television . |
| 10 | It becomes stale , they say I like this it was good ! |
| 11 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 12 | Nobody really says that any more they say I would be , they do n't bother saying I should |
| 13 | they say I would . |
| 14 | People do n't talk like that , they say I 'd be grateful . |
| 15 | They say I 'm not safe with children and that that 's wrong . |
| 16 | Because I can not speak , they say I am mad . |
| 17 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that I might marry him . |
| 18 | They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep . |
| 19 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that he and I might one day share the authorship of some literary work . |
| 20 | I know they say I am a celebrity , but I take it all with a pinch of salt . |
| 21 | ‘ They say I 'm clean . |
| 22 | ‘ It took quite a while to stitch me up , but everything 's all right now , although they say I 've lost a lot of blood from the placental bleed . ’ |
| 23 | They say I have only flirted with a temporary vice and its vice-keeper and , having survived them both , I am still me and I am no junkie . |
| 24 | I get more work because they say I am good . |
| 25 | People say all sorts of things about me , they say I 'm eccentric and off-centre but I try and ignore all that . ’ |
| 26 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 27 | It 's er if they come back and they say I 'm sorry I 'd gone |
| 28 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |
| 29 | it wo n't be the same , I , I 'm sure I can manage on me own , well I 'm sure I can , but they say I ca n't , I 've a another fall plus a |
| 30 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |